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• 2024-11-01 The most active graticule for 2024-10 was 48,11.

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About the New on the wiki announcements template

This template is designed to be displayed on the Main Page to highlight new developments on the wiki. It has two sections, one mainly to tell and one mainly to ask. These announcements should stay up for about a month, unless their relevance passes sooner.

The template can be added to a user or graticule page if you use that over the Main Page. Simply add {{New on the wiki}} to the desired page.

What's new on the wiki

This section includes new ways to waste time and to save time on the wiki. There's more to the wiki than posting pictures on the main page, and this is intended to be a more efficient way for users to find out what's new than hitting the "Recent changes" button every thirty minutes. Announcements include new tools for planning geohashes, monthly Most Active Graticule records, special events and wiki policy. Announcements about remarkable expeditions should generally go in the Hall of Amazingness, not here.

Now discussing

This section gives all users, not just those who happen to be on the geohashing IRC channel at the right moment, a chance to have their say on developing geowiki standards, qualifying for achievements, and planning special events. Particularly active discussion about a single expedition or geohasher might be linked here if the result of the discussion is likely to affect geohashers as a whole.

Upcoming Announcements

Announcements here are formatted, linked to pages that explain them, and ready to be placed in the template. Place suggestions that aren't yet fleshed out on the Talk page.

Past Announcements

Old announcements can be browsed here after they have been deleted from the Main Page. Most recent are at the top.

• 2024-10-01 The most active graticules for 2024-09 were 47,8 and 55,-4.
• 2024-09-29 Vietnam had its first successful geohash!
• 2024-09-01 The most active graticule for 2024-08 was 48,7.
• 2024-08-01 The most active graticule for 2024-07 was 42,-78.
• 2024-07-29 Kyrgyzstan had its first successful geohash!
• 2024-07-19 The Namesake achievement has been added.
• 2024-07-18 The Hunter gatherer achievement has been added.
• 2024-07-14 The Speedrun achievement has been added.
• 2024-07-13 The Constant geohasher achievement has been added.
• 2024-07-01 The most active graticule for 2024-06 was 52,8.
• 2024-06-01 The most active graticule for 2024-05 was 52,7.
• 2024-05-26 Both Geohashing Day and Mouseover Day have now passed. You can see a list of expeditions here and here.
• 2024-05-25 It's Towel Day! Reach a geohash while carrying a towel to earn yourself a ribbon.
• 2024-05-25 It's Mouseover Day! You'll earn a ribbon if you attempt a geohash today.
• 2024-05-21 It's Geohashing Day! You'll earn a ribbon if you attempt a geohash today.
• 2024-05-17 The Democracy achievement has been added.
• 2024-05-15 The Skate geohash achievement has been added.
• 2024-05-13 The Climb achievement has been added.
• 2024-05-01 The most active graticule for 2024-04 was 52,7.
• 2024-04-27 The Eclipse achievement has been added.
• 2024-04-09 The N-in-a-row achievement has been added.
• 2024-04-02 The renaming process for the MNIMB, MNB, and Virgin Graticule achievements/consolation prizes is ongoing.
• 2024-04-01 The most active graticule for 2024-03 was -37,145.
• 2024-03-29 The Birds of a Feather achievement and White Rabbit consolation prize have been added.
• 2024-03-08 The Multiple elevations achievement has been added.
• 2023-03-18 APR retires from maintaining and hosting AperfectBot. The bot is now hosted by Fippe.
• 2023-02-12 There's a stripped-down expedition template for frequent expeditioners: Use {{subst:Expedition2}}
• 2022-03-08 There's a new map for exploring past expeditions and today's geohash: geohashing.win
• 2021-11-28 We have now reached 15000 expeditions!
• 2021-11-15 Proposal to switch to CC BY-SA - should we change the wiki's license?
• 2021-06-01 The PHP version underlying the wiki engine software has been updated. Let DanQ know if you spot any new (or old) bugs.
• 2021-02-02 Happy first anniversary of the wiki's revival, if you count the 'birthday' as the date of the first user account creation plus the announcement on IRC!
• 2020-09-19 The subdivision geohash is an achievement now.
• 2020-03-31 The Dark Ages achievement is now official. Tag your expeditions with the ribbon!
• 2020-03-22 APBot is not currently updating the wiki. Jim has notified APR about this.
• 2020-03-05 SIGSTKFLT is doing a slow rollout of Ribbon2. Add a comment if you see any problems.
• 2020-02-24 It's now possible to upload and embed GPX tracklogs of your expeditions.
• 2020-02-19 Globalhash maps should now work! (You may need to purge/edit-and-resave globalhash expedition pages to show the changes.) Feedback welcome.
• 2020-02-12 Expedition/graticule maps have been switched from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap; pages will update when next resaved/purged. Shout at Dan if they're not working right.
• 2020-02-04 The current events bot has found its way to the new wiki. Who left bananas out?
• 2020-02-02 Dan Q is attempting to resurrect the wiki. Don't assume he knows about the problem you've discovered; let him know.
• 2019-07-30 FippeBot tagged the location of past expeditions between 00:00 and 07:00 UTC on the following weekdays in August: 06, 07, 08, 09, 13, 14, 15, 16.
• 2018-06-29 Carabiner (at Peeron) data is back up and pulling from Crox. Newly-created wiki pages should be accurate; older ones may need to be regenerated.
• 2018-05-20 Carabiner (at Peeron) and the wiki maps are *broken* again. APBot has been adjusted to use a different DJIA source, but it now shows blank entries for a week in the future as a result.
• 2018-04-03 Eupeodes updated the Last man standing achievement candidates list.
• 2018-03-07 Carabiner (at Peeron) and the wiki maps are working again.
• 2018-02-01 Carabiner (at Peeron) seems to be unhappy so the wiki maps are not working.
• 2017-09-10 Sourcerer recently tossed up an idea to update the algorithm and there's some serious debate going on to discuss options. * 2016-03-30 Joanna finally upgraded to latest MediaWiki. Please tell her (irc or Talk page) if anything is broken.
• 2015-11-15 Hijackal has resurrected the Meetup graph!
• 2015-03-04 Now over 10,000 expeditions!
• 2014-09-21 The expeditions and grat pages are generally broken. Folks are working on them. See WikiProblems. Would anyone object if Joannac tried upgrading MediaWiki?
• 2014-03-14 The general #xkcd IRC-channel is planning a meet-up in London in April. Go there as a geohashing ambassador!
• 2013-07-08 APBot is offline due to moving until Thursday or Friday. Jim's attempts to play APBot are less than satisfactory. A number of wiki updates will be delayed.
• 2012-07-10 Fuse multiple achievement ribbons into silly combinations using the Combo ribbon template.
• 2012-05-22 Check out the Geohashing Day expeditions at 2012-05-21 and the Mouseover Day ones at 2012-05-26
• 2012-04-03 Explore the history of geohashing and follow users on this interactive map. (Description)
• 2012-04-02 The current events bot has been updated to once again allow per-graticule expedition lists! Find out how to add your graticule.
• 2012-04-02 The Meetup Graph is being updated. Add yourself and people you've met. Then go meet more people to make the graph grow!
• 2012-03-25 Explore the history of geohashing and follow users on this interactive map.
• 2012-03-16 Twelve geohashers went on seven expeditions on Pi Day 2012. Five pie achievements were earned!
• 2012-03-01 Eighteen geohashers went on twelve expeditions on Leap Day 2012 and reached eight geohashes (and counting)!
• 2012-02-26 Guidelines suggest that individual geohashing expeditions not be announced here, but the sheer awesomeness of a successful Antarctic globalhash suggests otherwise.
• 2012-03-13 Tomorrow is π day! Get that Pie geohash achievement!
• 2011-12-23 Geco is a peeron-like coordinate calculator using the more reliable DJIA data from crox. It is available at http://relet.net/geco (Documentation).
• 2012-02-28 Leap geohash achievement accepted! Go geohashing on Leap Day! You know you want to!
• 2011-09-16 Zigdon has relocated Peeron services from irc.peeron.com to carabiner.peeron.com. A redirect was helping the Peeron interactive map page, but has now broken. The static graticule maps inside the wiki are now fixed!
• 2011-10-23 Some people claim to have seen correct coordinates on peeron during the day, others didn't. Better still don't trust them. If you did and it's too late to go back and visit the correct ones, you might be eligible for the Blinded by Science consolation prize. Feel free to blame your least favourite politician.
• 2011-10-21 The peeron source has no data for 2011-10-21, 2011-10-22 and 2011-10-23. As a result, the "reference implementation" is producing bad coordinates. Use the "anthill" calculator (and the geo.crox.net source) until the issue is resolved.
• 2011-05-03 The issue with recently uploaded pictures triggering error messages should be fixed. Talk to joannac if there are any problems
• 2011-03-16 A Slate article about GPSes, and how the Sendai earthquake may have affected GPS accuracy.
• 2011-05-21 Most folks have survived the raptor rapture and Geohashing Day . See the reports at 2011-05-21. Google GStatic images are working now.
• 2011-02-22 The current events bot should be back up and running. Please let APR know if you see any issues. All pages since the crash should be updated shortly.
• 2011-05-10 If you are planning on attending the Geohashing Day 2011 Extravaganza, please watch the Expedition Planning Page for updates, and make sure to vote on the location after it is announced!
• 2011-03-22 Facebook integration: Do you need a link to share your expedition on facebook?
• 2011-02-06 Join us at the Geohashing Day 2011 Extravaganza in Berlin, Germany on May 21st.
• 2011-01-25 We attracted some attention over at thingiverse. Welcome fabbers!
• 2011-02-22 The current events bot will be down until further notice. APR's computer crashed today.
• 2010-12-03 The current events bot can now create expedition lists for graticules. Learn how to get this set up for yourself.
• 2010-07-13 We have new achievements. Try to get a Fly a kite achievement or a Juggernaut achievement!
• 2010-06-07 The images in the gallery now link to the expeditions. This required yet another change in the GalleryItem template. Read this (again)!
• 2011-01-10 The current events bot is periodically crashing, so the automatic expedition lists may occasionally be stale. APR is aware of the issue, and is trying to fix it.
• 2010-12-31 Note that Friday and Monday are NOT Dow Holidays. Coordinates for W30 for Monday and E30 for Tuesday won't be available/correct until 9:30AM EST on Monday. A number of the coordinate calculators don't understand this, though. The Wiki has been correct, and Peeron finally appears correct, but be careful for now.
• 2010-06-07 The gallery of recent expeditions has a new format. Please comment here, and get familiar with the new gallery code here. Have fun!
• 2010-07-27 The Small Hash Inquiry tool is back up.
• 2010-07-16 The APBot Notification daemon is working again. Thanks to APR.
• 2010-07-10 The APBot Notification daemon is currently not working. It is being worked on, however.
• 2010-06-05 The automatically generated expeditions lists on the Current events page and date pages are now being presented in a table.
• 2010-05-23 Geohashing Day 2010 is over. Read expedition reports for 2010-05-21 and for 2010-05-22, Mouseover Day.
• 2010-04-05 Automagickally generated markers for your expedition is just one of the many wonderful features of http://activegeohasher.com.
• 2010-04-21 Peeron's zooming in and out behaviour seems to have changed.
• 2010-03-05 The globalhash for 2010-03-07 is in the Baton Rouge graticule!
• 2010-02-21 There is now an image tagging page.
• 2010-02-16 ReCAPTCHA has been installed. Contact joannac, if there are any problems.
• 2010-01-24 Globalhash coordinates are now included on date pages and Current events.
• 2010-01-15 The current events bot can now create expedition lists for users. Learn how to get this set up for yourself.
• 2010-02-17 There is now a view random expedition image page.
• 2009-12-31 Scenic xkcd markers is the topic for the 2011 calendar. Unless we find a more scenic name.
• 2009-11-07 Study the geohashing Narrative chart in svg or png format.
• 2009-10-22 Posted achievement and A Tale of Two Hashes achievement are accepted as new achievements.
• 2009-08-24 Add yourself to this list if you would like to order a geohashing calendar.
• 2009-10-30 San Francisco still active, Canberra not so much; will Amsterdam survive?
• 2009-10-15 San Francisco & Canberra become inactive.
  • News on SF updated.
• 2009-08-10 Berlin, Germany is catering a suitably sizable meetup on August 29 (Saturday). Join us!
• 2009-07-27 The geohashing calendar is available in a low resolution preview for comments.
• 2009-07-19 The Main Page gallery is again unsullied by text summaries.
• 2009-07-15 The Hobbit achievement is the latest New Achievement.
• 2009-07-15 New Zealand now 30cm closer to Australia.
• 2009-07-02 Date pages now include automatically created expedition summaries.
• 2009-06-25 The graticule template has changed. Learn how to switch.
• 2009-06-24 The current events page is now updated by a bot.
• 2009-06-20 The default graticule map template will change (on Wednesday).
• 2009-06-11 Check out the New Achievements available.
• 2009-06-10 Photo size limits have been removed.
• 2009-05-31 Donate your unused GPS hardware!
• Read Mouse Over Day expedition reports.
• Read Geohashing Day expedition reports.
• See how Revisited places change over time.
• Add Template:Maintained to pages that bots shouldn't update.
• Geohashing Day ribbons for expeditions on May 21st.
• Get e-mail when a geohash is near a point you like.
• Most active graticules records now updated for March.
• The Meetup Graph shows who has met whom.
• See how gallery categories work like photo tags.
• A wikibot is renaming pages to comply with Naming conventions.
• We can now make announcements here.

Past Discussions

These topics have been discussed recently but the matters have been settled or the discussion has died down. Most recent are at the top.

• 2024-04-02 Renaming Proposal to discuss renaming Virgin Graticules, the MNIMB achievement and MNB consolation prize.
• 2023-05-05 Geohashing Day 2023 in Germany - planning a countrywide meetup on 2023-05-21
• 2022-08-19 Should there be an honorable mention for almost complete reverse regional geohashes?
• 2020-09-01 Should the subdivision geohash be an official achievement? Discuss!
• 2020-03-20 Vote on the details of the Dark Ages achievement!
• 2020-02-05 Future/fixes on the wiki - now we're out of the Dark Ages we can add new features to the wiki: what would improve it?
• 2015-06-02 Should we split/rename the Not reached - Did not attempt category?
• 2014-01-08 A proposal to identify users who are willing to be advocates/mentors for geohashing.
• 2012-06-19 Checkout this new script Geomap! Would anyone use it if it was white listed?
• 2012-06-05 The Active and Inactive graticule categories have been semi-automatically updated by User:JesseWBot again, this time taking expedition categories into account. We have about 275
• 2012-04-09 We reorganized the list of implementations. Please comment on Talk:Implementations.
• 2012-03-06 Jevanyn proposes baseball by geohash.
• 2011-05-31 Don't be shy about nominating photographs', your own or from other people's expeditions, for the 2012 calendar.
• 2011-05-26 A strangely interminable argument on the true nature of Bingo has stalled the Bingo geohash achievement, can it be saved?
• 2011-03-07 2012 calendar: During March you can vote for January and February and nominate all the awesome geohashing pictures that March has to offer!
• 2011-02-28 The 2012 calendar is accepting nominations for the month of February.
• 2010-10-31 Migration Geohash proposed. Please vote!
• 2010-11-11 False start consolation prize proposed. Please vote!
• 2011-01-10 Join us at the Geohashing Day 2011 Extravaganza! Please cast your votes for a location by 2011-02-06!
• 2010-11-24 Planning is beginning for a Geohashing Day 2011 Extravaganza. Add your input about the idea!
• 2010-08-24 Please have a look in Category:Needs discussion for problems that wiki users want opinions on!
• 2010-06-28 Juggernaut achievement proposed. (discuss)
• 2010-06-25 I think we need to clarify the rules for the Water geohash and Walk on water geohash.
• 2010-04-25 Play By GeoHashing games have been proposed, with battleship being the first one created.
• 2010-06-05 Should we include more days in Template:Gallery, and possibly compact the layout?
• 2010-05-24 Should we switch the main page gallery to Template:Gallery?
• 2010-01-31 Lots of new achievements discussions are being rediscovered. Browse Category:Proposed achievements if you'd like to voice your opinion.
• 2010-01-15 Daft geohash achievement, the newest achievement suggestion.
• 2010-04-30 It's Geohashing Day. What does your graticule do?
• 2009-12-15 The Geohashing Uncovered Calendar for 2010 is being a huge success. What should be the theme for the 2011 calendar?
• 2009-12-10 Should the daily globalhash coordinates be included on day pages?
• 2009-10-23 Is the Skate geohash achievement proposal the better ski geohash achievement?
• 2009-08-12 Should the Migration Geohash be based on number of people, or number of different graticules? Should it be split into two achievements?
• 2009-09-28 Are some of the gratuitous ribbons ready to become a real achievement?
• 2009-09-28 Should we create a landing place for non-geohashers, who found a marker?
• 2009-07-13 Are Main Page automatic Expedition summaries good or bad? (They were determined to be bad, and removed.)
• 2009-07-08 Is a A Tale of Two Hashes ready to be an achievement?
• 2009-07-07 What should be done about all the spam we're getting?
• 2009-07-01 Should split city pages be changed into separate pages for graticules and communities?
• 2009-07-09 Should we include expedition summaries on the Main Page (We tried it.)
• 2009-06-26 Discussion about whether to include bot generated summaries on date pages. (Included.)
• 2009-06-15 Hobbit and Travelling hashman, the latest Proposed achievements (Hobbit was accepted, Hashman not).
• 2009-06-12 Discussion of bot to convert Current events page to a better purpose. (Bot was designed).
• Discuss proposed changes to the default graticule map template
• Talk about the feasibility of Geohashing General Meetings (Meetings were not embraced.)
• We still want your opinion on Proposed achievements. (Still do.)
• We need geohashing T-shirts. (See page for designs).
• What should we do for the anniversary of the algorithm comic? (An annual celebration).