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Map Attack?

Any geohashers involved in mapattack.org ? Certainly seems interesting. --Thomcat (talk) 17:51, 18 October 2013 (EDT)

Hadn't heard of it prior to your note. Looks interesting, but I think I've got something that conflicts on Saturday. And I don't have an iDevice with iOS 7 on it. Jiml (talk) 01:14, 19 October 2013 (EDT)

Me neither, but they mention Android coming soon. --Thomcat (talk) 11:17, 19 October 2013 (EDT)

We're Quite the Graticule

I believe that, as of today, we've collectively mounted as many Portland graticule Expeditions in 2010 as we did in all of 2009. Throw in all of the McMinnville action and we're a global geohashing hotbed! For what that's worth.... : ) Michael5000 22:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

You and APR deserve a lot of the credit with your activity. It was pretty much just me for much of 2009! Jiml 09:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Older Question re Aug 17

Wil: Anyone know why August 17th is "notable?"

admalledd: No idea.

Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point. Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN. Wil 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the first geohash in this graticule? --Thomcat 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Thomcat, Drache and NoTerminal had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule. :) Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday. The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the 2008-05-26 geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any. Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Damn you all in Portland for having an active location. I am the only local to ever visit a Eugene location... It is hard to go when you know you will be the only one there. Grr.

It's a shame that none of the recent (and not-so-recent) expeditions have been written up so that the rest of us can enjoy reading about them. (Or did nobody actually go? Several people are listed as expressing interest.) Can I please encourage you all to write something -- anything! -- about your expeditions? Thanks. -- Benjw 17:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -Robyn 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Vistors! - Ohai!

Relet - Sept 2014

I'll be around from Sep 6 in the afternoon until the Friday after. Shoot me a message if you are spontaneously planning anything. -- relet 09:21, 2 September 2014 (EDT)

It would be pretty cool to meet the world famous relet! zhukant (talk) 13:09, 2 September 2014 (EDT)

Awesome! I would love to meet you people. I'm not certain how mobile I will be, but I'm going to have Sunday off, and then a conference at Portland University for the rest of the week. I'll keep an eye on the coordinates on Friday before I jump on a plane. --relet

Looks like a trip to the wine shop on Sat. My plane lands 11:30am (KLM, Amsterdam) if you want to meet early. I might just as well get a bus from there. --relet 12:59, 5 September 2014 (EDT)

Saturday's hashpoint is near WinCo in Vancouver, Washington. WinCo is actually like a supermarket, not a wine shop. Jiml (talk) 19:20, 5 September 2014 (EDT)

Eldin - Sept 2014

I'll be on the Oregon coast (near Tillamook, McMinnville graticule) from Sep. 8th to 14th 2014. I hadn't scheduled a day in Portland this trip like I usually do, but I'd love to meet relet and/or any of the Portland-area folks while I'm passing through the region. --Eldin (talk) 15:36, 3 September 2014 (EDT)

I arrived in Portland in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, September 9th. I'll be here for a couple hours before lunchtime, before heading one more graticule west for the remainder of the week. But if anyone wants to meet up Tuesday morning, or if an evening meetup (preferably at a hashpoint, if the algorithm is cooperative) can be arranged which I might be willing to drive back up to the portland area for, feel free to drop me a line. --Eldin (talk) 04:10, 9 September 2014 (EDT)

I'm going to shoot for the 2014-09-12 44 -123 geohash near salem. I'll try to check back here when I'm in the area to see if anyone else might be planning to try for it. --Eldin (talk) 19:53, 12 September 2014 (EDT)

I've got stuff pretty much all day tomorrow, and the hashpoints looked far away, so I didn't have any plans, except for perhaps a retro of that North Portland hashpoint. Jiml (talk) 00:28, 13 September 2014 (EDT)

2022 Reformatting

I've made a number of changes to the graticule page today to disentangle it from McMinnville and to make it look less like geohashing was something that happened from 2008 to 2010. I haven't erased much, so if there's anything missing that you liked, it's just a matter of un-hiding it. I've left the meet-up and timing info as is, since I'm amiably asocial in my geohashing and don't know if it's considered "live" at this point or not.

If I stay motivated, I'll gradually update some of the sections for the years 2011 to 2021 and make them visible again.

I hope I haven't made any unwelcome changes; and, if I had, it's a wiki, so you can unchange 'em! My only ask would be that I am strongly against having extensive information about neighboring graticules on the page and would like to avoid that while I'm still active unless there is a strong consensus to the contrary. Michael5000 (talk) 17:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

I'm not a local so I'll abstain from outright recommending it, but at least for other places that have common names the "here's other [Portlands, Farmingtons, etc.]" link has proved handy due to the Tale of Two Geohashes challenge. Arlo (talk) 00:08, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

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-==January Local Hashpoints==
+== Map Attack? ==
+Any geohashers involved in  [http://mapattack.org/ mapattack.org] ? Certainly seems interesting. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 17:51, 18 October 2013 (EDT)
+:Hadn't heard of it prior to your note.   Looks interesting, but I think I've got something that conflicts on Saturday.   And I don't have an iDevice with iOS 7 on it.   [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 01:14, 19 October 2013 (EDT)
+::Me neither, but they mention Android coming soon. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 11:17, 19 October 2013 (EDT)
-===Saturday, Jan 2===
-The Portland hash looks pretty accessible... [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 21:17, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
-:Well, it looks like it will require permission to access the edge of the field, but it is probably worth a try.  Did you want to come out and try?  I should be back in town by then, if all goes well.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 00:32, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
-::I'm feeling indecisive, and it's a ways for me -- it's going to depend on weather and mood for this one. [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 16:06, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
-==Where to plan==
+== We're Quite the Graticule ==
-With the [[User:AperfectBot]] picking up expedition pages, we should move planning to the expedition page as soon as it becomes
-clear someone might actually go!
+I believe that, as of today, we've collectively mounted as many Portland graticule Expeditions in 2010 as we did in all of 2009.  Throw in all of the McMinnville action and we're a global geohashing hotbed!  For what that's worth....    :  )   [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 22:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)
+* You and APR deserve a lot of the credit with your activity.  It was pretty much just me for much of 2009! [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 09:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)
-==Other conversations==
+== Older Question re Aug 17==
 Wil: Anyone know <em>why</em> August 17th is "notable?"
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 Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point.  Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN.  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 :Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the [[Virgin Graticule|first]] geohash in this graticule? --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
+::Thomcat, [[User:Drache|Drache]] and [[User:NoTerminal|NoTerminal]] had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :)  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
-Thomcat, [[User:Drache|Drache]] and [[User:NoTerminal|NoTerminal]] had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :)  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
 I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday.  The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the [[2008-05-26_45_-122|2008-05-26]] geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any.  [[User:Wil|Wil]] 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
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 :I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
+== Vistors! - Ohai! ==
-= To be scrapped Conversations =
+=== Relet - Sept 2014 ===
-==Winter meetup time==
-I propose that we, like many of our other fellow northern graticules, set an earlier default meetup time for the winter.  I would suggest 2PM, from Oct. 1 through the March 15.  This will be at least 2 hours before sunset for all dates, allowing some more ambitious wilderness geohashes to be attempted. --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 18:50, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
-:For me, that will only make a difference on weekends, as weekdays even 4PM is pretty much out of play. Sounds like a good plan. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 00:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
-==December Local Hashpoints==
-===Friday, December 04 ===
-This hashpoint is south of Hillsboro.
-:I'm guessing it's someone's backyard.  Hard to say for sure with that many trees, but...   [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 22:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
-It was someone's backyard, but they let me go down the hill and through the woods.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 02:30, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
-:Well done!  I'm too chicken to knock on doors for my geohashing... [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 08:03, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
-===Sunday, December 06 ===
-Anyone for a pickup game?  It looks to be on a school's baseball diamond in the infield grass.  There doesn't seem to be a fence around the property, so it seems like a very reachable point.  Off of Cornell, just north of sunset.  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 16:57, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
-:It's Sunset High School's field.  It's an interesting Sunday -- Mt. St. Helens has a hash in a fairly major road, and Springfield has a hash right off of a road.  Somebody travelling the I-5 Corridor could score an easy three-in-one-day.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 17:44, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
-:I'm thinking I might visit the Portland hash midday.  Can't play ball, though -- I've got a pulled muscle that needs to be rested. : (  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 22:25, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
-I've started an expedition page for planning purposes.[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 02:30, 6 December 2009 (UTC)
-==City picture==
-Hey Portland graticule residents!  I took a couple pictures of the city while I was there, and was wondering if you would like to put one on your page, as some other graticules have done.  I have two options: [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_9rSL31rOu0Y/SjBQCbveFyI/AAAAAAAAAHQ/njIcz0qXHRQ/s1600-h/IMG_1654.JPG] and [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9rSL31rOu0Y/SjBP3qffmII/AAAAAAAAAHI/f6TidtLC0ko/s1600-h/IMG_1673.JPG].  I would resize the image (since they are way too big for inclusion on a graticule page) and possibly crop it (if desired).  Let me know if you are interested, or feel free to download either one and post it yourself! --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 00:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
-:Cool! Thanks!  I prefer the second one.  I assume I'll be able to convince iPhoto to do some processing for us.   [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 04:47, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
-::Just make sure they are ''really'' of Portland. Vancouver and Seattle know why I'm saying this. :-P -[[User:Robyn|Robyn]] 06:44, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
-:::I don't have to make sure of it.  I didn't travel to Vancouver (BC or WA) or Seattle, and have never done so when I have had this camera.  Since these pictures came off of my camera mere minutes before I posted them up here, I don't think I have to worry. =P  Feel free to do whatever you want with either photo. --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 11:56, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
-::I added one of the pictures to the page.  I cropped it down and then saved it with a smaller size.  I'll see if someone can make it prettier. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 00:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
+I'll be around from Sep 6 in the afternoon until the Friday after. Shoot me a message if you are spontaneously planning anything. -- [[User:relet|relet]] 09:21, 2 September 2014 (EDT)
+: It would be pretty cool to meet the world famous relet! [[User:Zhukant|zhukant]] ([[User talk:Zhukant|talk]]) 13:09, 2 September 2014 (EDT)
-==November Local hashpoints==
+::Awesome! I would love to meet you people. I'm not certain how mobile I will be, but I'm going to have Sunday off, and then a conference at Portland University for the rest of the week. I'll keep an eye on the coordinates on Friday before I jump on a plane. --[[User:relet|relet]]
-=== Sunday, November 15th ===
+Looks like a trip to the wine shop on Sat. My plane lands 11:30am (KLM, Amsterdam)  if you want to meet early. I might just as well get a bus from there. --[[User:relet|relet]] 12:59, 5 September 2014 (EDT)
-The [[Eugene, Oregon]] hashpoint seems supremely accessible.  I am still pondering whether I feel like graticule hopping yet again, and getting my 3rd adjacent non-home graticule before getting the home graticule.  Also, the [[Springfield, Oregon]] hashpoint looks to be about 500ft off of a nearby road, with something like 150ft of elevation gain over that distance.  It would be a bit of a challenge, but might be fun if someone else wants to join me for the expedition.  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 00:16, 14 November 2009 (UTC)
-* [[User:Jiml|Jim]] interested in going, since he has to go to Wilsonville anyway.  He's less enthused about the additional 3 hours of driving all by himself. APR is considering, but drove a lot yesterday. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 18:44, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
-** I'm not really feeling it today.  The late night driving last night has left me in a lazing about the apartment kind of mood.  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 21:41, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
-* Of course, "supremely accessible" is a relative term, given that Jim and APR would have to drive 2 hours to get to the road next to hashpoint!  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 22:30, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
-=== Sunday, November 8th  ===
+Saturday's hashpoint is near WinCo in Vancouver, Washington.   WinCo is actually like a supermarket, not a wine shop.
-[[2009-11-08 45 -122]] -- Sunday's hash will be in West Vancouver and has a reasonable chance of being accessible.  I've started an expedition page.
+[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 19:20, 5 September 2014 (EDT)
-I also counted the date wrong and screwed up next Monday's page [[2009-11-09 45 -122]].  It should be easy enough to fix if someone ends up doing a Monday expedition, though.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 18:52, 6 November 2009 (UTC)
+=== Eldin - Sept 2014 ===
-:I already marked it for deletion.  I doubt JoannaC will delete it before Tuesday or so [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 00:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
+I'll be on the Oregon coast (near Tillamook, McMinnville graticule) from Sep. 8th to 14th 2014. I hadn't scheduled a day in Portland this trip like I usually do, but I'd love to meet [[User:relet|relet]] and/or any of the Portland-area folks while I'm passing through the region. --[[User:Eldin|Eldin]] ([[User talk:Eldin|talk]]) 15:36, 3 September 2014 (EDT)
+:I arrived in Portland in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, September 9th. I'll be here for a couple hours before lunchtime, before heading one more graticule west for the remainder of the week. But if anyone wants to meet up Tuesday morning, or if an evening meetup (preferably at a hashpoint, if the algorithm is cooperative) can be arranged which I might be willing to drive back up to the portland area for, feel free to drop me a line. --[[User:Eldin|Eldin]] ([[User talk:Eldin|talk]]) 04:10, 9 September 2014 (EDT)
+::I'm going to shoot for the [[2014-09-12 44 -123]] geohash near salem. I'll try to check back here when I'm in the area to see if anyone else might be planning to try for it. --[[User:Eldin|Eldin]] ([[User talk:Eldin|talk]]) 19:53, 12 September 2014 (EDT)
+::I've got stuff pretty much all day tomorrow, and the hashpoints looked far away, so I didn't have any plans, except for perhaps a retro of that North Portland hashpoint.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 00:28, 13 September 2014 (EDT)
-=== November 1 McMinnville ===
+= 2022 Reformatting =
-This graticule hopping point appears to be in a county park.  May actually be accessible, and it isn't
-too far away.  Anyone interested?? [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 18:54, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
+I've made a number of changes to the graticule page today to disentangle it from McMinnville and to make it look less like geohashing was something that happened from 2008 to 2010.  I haven't erased much, so if there's anything missing that you liked, it's just a matter of un-hiding it.  I've left the meet-up and timing info as is, since I'm amiably asocial in my geohashing and don't know if it's considered "live" at this point or not.
+If I stay motivated, I'll gradually update some of the sections for the years 2011 to 2021 and make them visible again.
-== Member List Tidying ==
+I hope I haven't made any unwelcome changes; and, if I had, it's a wiki, so you can unchange 'em!  My only ask would be that I am '''strongly against''' having extensive information about neighboring graticules on the page and would like to avoid that while I'm still active unless there is a strong consensus to the contrary.  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] ([[User talk:Michael5000|talk]]) 17:55, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
-Would it bug anybody if I alphabetized/standardized/updated the members list?  I don't want to be the neat-freak newbie stepping on toes....  --[[User:michael5000|michael5000]], 2009-11-02
-:Sounds good.  Want to maybe have an active/maybe inactive grouping to sort through them? [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 00:23, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
-::Vancouver B.C. has active members in bold and inactive not; I was thinking of following their lead. [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 03:45, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
-:::...and done.
-:Thank you!  We may want to create an inactive section in a while.  By the way, I moved the photo around, thanks to [[User:Sermoa|Sermoa]]'s help [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 18:44, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
-==Graticule page cleanup==
+: I'm not a local so I'll abstain from outright recommending it, but at least for other places that have common names the "here's other [Portlands, Farmingtons, etc.]" link has proved handy due to the [[Tale of Two Geohashes]] challenge. [[User:Arlo|Arlo]] ([[User talk:Arlo|talk]]) 00:08, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
-Since the archives are getting rather long, I suggest we break them off into their own page with a link from the graticule page.  Any objections? --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 18:50, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
-:Sounds reasonable.  I was thinking the same thing when was working on the photograph for the page. [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 00:22, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
-::Done!  Archives should now be maintained [[Portland, Oregon/Archives|here]]. --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 00:40, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

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