Difference between revisions of "2024-02-18 -35 138"

Latest revision as of 21:15, 24 May 2024

Location

A firetrack near Mount Barker

Participants

XXOs's dad

Plans

The reasoning for doing this geohash was basically the same as my last one - I still need more (night) hours for my driver's license, and again my father was available and the geohash was (probably) accessible.

Expedition

The drive to this hashpoint was slightly more eventful than last time! By which I mean there were roadworks on the South Eastern Freeway, and so I had to travel at 40km/h rather than the usual 80-100km/h.

After a little under an hour of driving, we reached the hashpoint. Well, almost. The point was about 200 metres down a fire track which we weren't allowed to drive down, so we had to walk the last stretch. It wasn't too bad, but my dad was wearing sandals (not the best walking shoes) and there was an annoying amount of bugs.

I almost didn't reach the hash, as it was very slightly on someone's property, but it was close enough to the fence that I could successfully claim it.

Photos

(I've figured out how to keep the photo metadata from my phone this time)

Start of the firetrack (+ my shadow)
Random pile of (probably) scrap metal
Therm at the hash
I really need to get a dedicated GPS reciever
remembered to take a picture of my watch this time
Road signs to Macclesfield, Strathalbyn, and Mt Barker

Achievements

XXOs earned the Two to the N achievement

by attempting to reach 2³ hashpoints on 2024-02-18 -35 138 and is promoted to Level 3 (Expeditions).

XXOs achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Adelaide North, Australia and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

XXOs achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Adelaide South, Australia and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Is it true that this user earned the Regional geohashing achievement?

In principle, yes.
But the hash point is technically not in the city of Adelaide, and any definitions of "Greater Adelaide" either don't include it or include more than just -34,138 and -35,138 (2024-02-18 -35 138).

@@ Line 8: / Line 8: @@
 And DON'T FORGET to add your expedition and the best photo you took to the gallery on the Main Page! We'd love to read your report, but that means we first have to discover it! :)
 -->{{meetup graticule
-| lat={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |1}}
+| lat=-35
-| lon={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |2}}
+| lon=138
-| date={{#explode:{{SUBPAGENAME}}| |0}}
+| date=2024-02-18
 }}<!-- edit as necessary -->
 == Location ==
 <!-- where you've surveyed the hash to be -->
+A firetrack near Mount Barker
 == Participants ==
 <!-- who attended: If you link to your wiki user name in this section, your expedition will be picked up by the various statistics generated for geohashing. You may use three tildes ~ as a shortcut to automatically insert the user signature of the account you are editing with.
 -->
+[[User:XXOs|XXOs]] ([[User talk:XXOs|talk]])
+[[User:XXOs|XXOs]]'s dad
 == Plans ==
 <!-- what were the original plans -->
+The reasoning for doing this geohash was basically the same as [[2024-01-14 -34 138|my last one]] - I still need more (night) hours for my driver's license, and again my father was available and the geohash was (probably) accessible.
 == Expedition ==
 <!-- how it all turned out. your narrative goes here. -->
+The drive to this hashpoint was slightly more eventful than last time! By which I mean there were roadworks on the [[wikipedia:South Eastern Freeway|South Eastern Freeway]], and so I had to travel at 40km/h rather than the usual 80-100km/h.
-== Tracklog ==
+After a little under an hour of driving, we reached the hashpoint. Well, ''almost''. The point was about 200 metres down a [[wikipedia:Fire trail|fire track]] which we weren't allowed to drive down, so we had to walk the last stretch. It wasn't too bad, but my dad was wearing sandals (not the best walking shoes) and there was an annoying amount of bugs.
-<!-- if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
+I almost didn't reach the hash, as it was very slightly on someone's property, but it was close enough to the fence that I could successfully claim it.
+<!-- == Tracklog ==
+if your GPS device keeps a log, you may use Template:Tracklog, post a link here, or both -->
 == Photos ==
+(I've figured out how to keep the photo metadata from my phone this time)
 <!-- Insert pictures between the gallery tags using the following format:
 Image:2020-##-## ## ## Alpha.jpg | Witty Comment
 -->
-<gallery perrow="5">
+<gallery perrow="6">
+Image:2024-02-18 -35 138 firetrack start.JPEG | Start of the firetrack (+ my shadow)
+Image:2024-02-18 -35 138 scrap metal.JPEG | Random pile of (probably) scrap metal
+Image:2024-02-18 -35 138 therm.JPEG | [[User:XXOs/Therm|Therm]] at the hash
+Image:2024-02-18 -35 138 google mapped.PNG | I really need to get a dedicated [[GPS receivers|GPS reciever]]
+Image:2024-02-18 -35 138 watch and therm.JPEG | remembered to take a picture of my watch this time
+Image:2024-02-18 -35 138 road signs.JPEG | Road signs to [[wikipedia:Macclesfield, South Australia|Macclesfield]], [[wikipedia:Strathalbyn, South Australia|Strathalbyn]], and [[wikipedia:Mount Barker, South Australia|Mt Barker]]
 </gallery>
@@ Line 38: / Line 54: @@
 {{#vardefine:ribbonwidth|100%}}
 <!-- Add any achievement ribbons you earned below, or remove this section -->
+{{Two to the N achievement|count=3|date=2024-02-18|latitude=-35|longitude=138|name=[[User:XXOs|XXOs]]}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash|graticule=Adelaide North, Australia|ranknumber=1|s=true|name=[[User:XXOs|XXOs]]}}
+{{Minesweeper geohash|graticule=Adelaide South, Australia|ranknumber=1|n=true|name=[[User:XXOs|XXOs]]}}
+{{Radio Yerevan|achievement=[[User:XXOs/progress#Scale:_City|Regional geohashing achievement]]|date=2024-02-18|latitude=-35|longitude=138
+|detail=the hash point is technically not in the city of Adelaide, and any definitions of "Greater Adelaide" either don't include it or include more than just [[-34,138]] and [[-35,138]]}}
 __NOTOC__
 <!-- =============== USEFUL CATEGORIES FOLLOW ================
 Delete the next line ONLY if you have chosen the appropriate categories below. If you are unsure, don't worry. People will read your report and help you with the classification. -->
-[[Category:New report]]
 <!-- ==REQUEST FOR TWITTER BOT== Please leave either the New report or the Expedition planning category in as long as you work on it. This helps the twitter bot a lot with announcing the right outcome at the right moment. -->
-<!-- Potential categories. Please include all the ones appropriate to your expedition -->
-<!-- If this is a planning page:
-[[Category:Expedition planning]]
--->
-<!-- If all those plans are never acted upon, change [[Category:Expedition planning]] to [[Category:Not reached - Did not attempt]]. -->
-<!-- An actual expedition:
 [[Category:Expeditions]]
--- and one or more of --
 [[Category:Expeditions with photos]]
-[[Category:Expeditions with videos]]
-[[Category:Expedition without GPS]]
--->
-<!-- if you reached your coords:
 [[Category:Coordinates reached]]
+{{location|AU|SA|MB}}
---><!-- or if you failed :(
-[[Category:Coordinates not reached]]
--- and a reason --
-When there is a natural obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - Mother Nature]]
-When there is a man-made obstacle between you and the target:
-[[Category:Not reached - No public access]]
-When you failed get your GPS, car, bike or such to work:
-[[Category:Not reached - Technology]]
-When you went to an alternate location instead of the actual geohash:
-[[Category:Not reached - Attended alternate location]]
-(Don't forget to delete this final close comment marker) -->


Sun 18 Feb 2024 in -35,138: -35.1123376, 138.8348436 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox