Difference between revisions of "2017-04-09 31 -106"

Latest revision as of 02:22, 16 August 2019

Location

Right on the edge of a parking lot near the Biggs Army Airfield inside Fort Bliss.

Participants

Expedition

This was an awesome opportunity too good to pass up. At my now third time in the US I noticed the Hashpoint for this Sunday would finally lie in an accessible location near me – moreover one where I could get some new achievements ;)

While I didn't know the specific location, I've been to the general area before. Fortunately, the excellent Maps from Google and the specific hash location really called for a try without GPS. I memorized which turns on which roads I would have to take and to my delight, I didn't even need the larger scale printout to get to the parking lot in question. Once stopped there, I used the roads, corners and the marked lines from each parking spot as reference and compared them to the small-scale printout, which took only a few seconds. The spot was practically unmissable.

Moreover, the place in question lies within the not publicly accessible Fort Bliss Army installation, which I just happened to have access to.

Photos

The Map Printout I used for navigation displayed on the Hashpoint
Obligatory Stupid Grin
GPS verification afterwards

Achievements

Gefrierbrand earned the Globetrotter achievement

by visiting hashpoints on 2 continents.

Gefrierbrand earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement

by reaching the (31, -106) geohash on 2017-04-09.

Gefrierbrand earned the Restricted area achievement

by accessing the (31, -106) geohash at a restricted Fort Bliss site on 2017-04-09.

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+This was an awesome opportunity too good to pass up. At my now third time in the US I noticed the Hashpoint for this Sunday would finally lie in an accessible location near me – moreover one where I could get some new achievements ;)
+While I didn't know the specific location, I've been to the general area before. Fortunately, the excellent Maps from Google and the specific hash location really called for a try without GPS. I memorized which turns on which roads I would have to take and to my delight, I didn't even need the larger scale printout to get to the parking lot in question. Once stopped there, I used the roads, corners and the marked lines from each parking spot as reference and compared them to the small-scale printout, which took only a few seconds. The spot was practically unmissable.
+Moreover, the place in question lies within the not publicly accessible Fort Bliss Army installation, which I just happened to have access to.
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+Image:2017-04-09 31 -106map.jpg | The Map Printout I used for navigation displayed on the Hashpoint
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Sun 9 Apr 2017 in 31,-106: 31.8322100, -106.3737482 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox