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==February Local Hashpoints==
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== Map Attack? ==
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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)
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: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)
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::Me neither, but they mention Android coming soon. --[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] ([[User talk:Thomcat|talk]]) 11:17, 19 October 2013 (EDT)
  
===Friday, Feb 5===
 
The McMinnville hashpoint seems to be relatively close to a previous expedition Jim and I did, off of the Scappoose Vernonia highway.  Seems rather accessible.  I'd be willing, if someone that has adequate flashlights would also be willing.  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 18:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
  
===Saturday, Feb 6===
 
Portland graticule: In a field near North Plains, seems quite accessible, if permission can be obtained from the landowner. I don't think I'll have plans for the day, so may consider it.  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 18:43, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 
  
==Where to plan==
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== 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!
 
  
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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)
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* 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==
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== Older Question re Aug 17==
  
 
Wil: Anyone know <em>why</em> August 17th is "notable?"
 
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)
 
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)
 
: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)
 
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::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)
 
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)
 
: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)
  
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== Vistors! - Ohai! ==
  
= To be scrapped Conversations =
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=== Relet - Sept 2014 ===
===Saturday, Jan 30===
 
I am thinking about going to the hashpoint up in the Mt. St. Helens grat, anyone else game for trudging through woods near the Columbia River? --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 17:30, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 
:Oops - Helps if I look at the right day!  I think I'm game, as it is pretty close by!  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 19:24  29 January 2010 (UTC)
 
 
 
I started an expedition page. [[2010-01-30_46_-122]]
 
  
===Sunday, Jan 31===
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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)
This hashpoint looks accessible, near St. Paul's near Roy Rogers
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: It would be pretty cool to meet the world famous relet! [[User:Zhukant|zhukant]] ([[User talk:Zhukant|talk]]) 13:09, 2 September 2014 (EDT)
Road. Anyone else game?  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 19:10, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 
:I will definitely attempt this one if I don't go to the one on the 30th, and may just go to both if I do.  --[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 21:26, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 
  
I started an expedition page for this day as well. [[2010-01-31_45_-122]]
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::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]]
  
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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)
  
===Monday, Jan 11===
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Saturday's hashpoint is near WinCo in Vancouver, Washington.   WinCo is actually like a supermarket, not a wine shop.
According to the property lines in Google Maps, it looks to be in the right of way along Going St. in east Portland.  My decision on whether to make the trek or not will completely depend on my perceived health at the end of the work day. --aperfectring
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[[User:Jiml|Jiml]] ([[User talk:Jiml|talk]]) 19:20, 5 September 2014 (EDT)
:It's on or near the sidewalk!  I'm taking Mrs.5000 out for dinner and an easy Expedition!  [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 21:50, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 
  
===Saturday, Jan 9===
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=== Eldin - Sept 2014 ===
The Portland has is near Sherwood again this weekend. This time it looks like it may be on the pavement of a street, and quite accessible. Assuming I don't wake up completely dead to the world tomorrow, I would be willing to go if others are planning the journey--[[User:Aperfectring|aperfectring]] 21:16, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
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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)
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: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)
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::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)
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::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)
  
:I'm game for it, but I'll bet you already guessed that.  I might be coming from the FIRST Kickoff, which you might want to go to as well.  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 22:33, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
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= 2022 Reformatting =
  
===Saturday, Jan 2===
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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.
  
The Portland hash looks pretty accessible... [[User:Michael5000|Michael5000]] 21:17, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
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If I stay motivated, I'll gradually update some of the sections for the years 2011 to 2021 and make them visible again.
: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)
 
  
:Great newsWe're now tied both for the most active and the successful graticule in the world! :-)  [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 17:12, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
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I hope I haven't made any unwelcome changes; and, if I had, it's a wiki, so you can unchange 'emMy 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)
  
==Winter meetup time==
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: 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)
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)
 

Latest revision as of 00:08, 30 May 2022

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)