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  | lat= 42
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|lat = 42
  | lon= -92
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|lon = -92
  | nw = [[Albert Lea, Minnesota]]
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|nw   = [[Albert Lea, Minnesota]]
  | n = [[Austin, Minnesota]]
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|n   = [[Austin, Minnesota]]
  | ne = [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]]
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|ne   = [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]]
  | w = [[Ames, Iowa|Ames]]
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|w   = [[Ames, Iowa|Ames]]
  | name = [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]]
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|name = [[Waterloo, Iowa|Waterloo]]
  | e = [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]]
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|e   = [[Cedar Rapids North, Iowa|Cedar Rapids North]]
  | sw = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
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|sw   = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
  | s = [[Ottumwa, Iowa|Ottumwa]]
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|s   = [[Ottumwa, Iowa|Ottumwa]]
  | se = [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]]
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|se   = [[Cedar Rapids South, Iowa|Cedar Rapids South]]
 
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'''Today's Location:'''
 
'''Today's Location:'''
[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=42&long=-92&zoom=9&abs=-1 Waterloo, IA]]
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[{{Today's location|lat=42|lon=-92|text=Waterloo, IA}}]
  
The Waterloo, Iowa [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=42&long=-92 latitude 42, longitude -92]. All points in the graticule are on land except those on rivers or lakes.
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The Waterloo, Iowa [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=42|lon=-92|text=latitude 42, longitude -92}}. All points in the graticule are on land except those on rivers or lakes.
  
 
== Features ==
 
== Features ==
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[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Iowa]]
 
[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
 
[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
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== Expeditions ==
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* [[2013-06-10 42 -92]] -- [[User:Swensonj|Swensonj]] aborted an expedition-in-progress due to a road closure.
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* [[2014-11-13 42 -92]] -- [[User:Afrenziedfish|Afrenziedfish]] had the first successful expedition in this graticule.
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== Records ==
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{{Graticule unlocked
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    | latitude = 42
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    | longitude = -92
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    | date = 2014-11-13
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    | name = [[User:Afrenziedfish|Afrenziedfish]] ([[User talk:Afrenziedfish|talk]])
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Latest revision as of 03:25, 20 March 2024

Albert Lea, Minnesota Austin, Minnesota La Crosse, Wisconsin
Ames Waterloo Cedar Rapids North
Des Moines Ottumwa Cedar Rapids South

Today's location: not yet announced

Today's Location: [Waterloo, IA]

The Waterloo, Iowa graticule is at latitude 42, longitude -92. All points in the graticule are on land except those on rivers or lakes.

Features

This graticule contains all of Waterloo, Iowa and the surrounding metro area (Cedar Falls, North Cedar, Evansdale, Elk Run Heights, Raymond). It also contains Waverly,

Special Conditions

Probability of a road going directly to the Geohash is not good. It will probably be in the middle of a cornfield. "Is this Heaven? No, Dumbass this is Iowa."

Local Geohashers

Azetidine Scaraban

Expeditions

Records

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Afrenziedfish (talk) earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (42, -92) graticule, here, on 2014-11-13.