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* [[2010-11-06 40 -74|Saturday, 6 November]]: '''[[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] hits the daily double, reaching the Saturday and [[2010-11-05 40 -74|Friday]] geohashes in the same expedition.'''
  
 
* [[2010-10-07 40 -74|Thursday, 7 October]]: [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] got to within line of sight, but was not expecting so many obstacles.
 
* [[2010-10-07 40 -74|Thursday, 7 October]]: [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] got to within line of sight, but was not expecting so many obstacles.

Revision as of 16:16, 8 November 2010

Scranton, PA Newburgh, NY Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA Newark New York City
Philadelphia, PA Atlantic City 39,-73

Today's location: not yet announced

NewarkRiverside.jpg

Our Graticule

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

Thanks to Meteorswarm, we have a Facebook group for the "North Jersey" graticule. Meet-ups can be coordinated here or there.

This page is maintained by I am the decider maintainer. Automatic updates are not desired.


Quotable quotes

  • A rum keg tapped at both ends.
-- Benjamin Franklin
  • The Tollbooth State
-- George Carlin
  • Only the Strong Survive
-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt

Suggested Meetup Locations

Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up. The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.

Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through activegeohasher.com.

Meetups will typically be on Saturday afternoon, at a time to be determined to maximize turnout. The location will be the most interesting and/or accessible of the week; typically open to discussion.

2010-11-05

Friday's geohash is on Colburn Rd. in East Brunswick, close to the NJ-18 / NJ Turnpike interchange, and shouting distance from Rutgers' Cook/Douglass campus.

2010-11-06

In the parking lot of the Sears on NJ-35 in Middletown.

2010-11-07

In the woods south/west of Tempe Wick Rd. near Leddel Rd. There is a private residence in the area, but the geohash itself is reachable. West of Morristown National Historic Park.

Retrohash

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey New York Pennsylvania
Newark Staten Island Torresdale, Philadelphia*
Jersey City Lower Manhattan New Hope
New Brunswick Parts of Brooklyn Levittown
Trenton   Langhorne

 * - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.

Local Geohashers

Attempted geohashes

Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
  • Tuesday, March 2: Geohashing party of sorts at Friendly's in the Princeton area.
  • Tuesday, February 22: Veterans Park, Trenton, near the entrance on Klockner Rd. Across from Steinart High School.

Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008 and 2009.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.

[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes

And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.

Google Maps now has a bike trail layer, which is a good start.

In the Media

On April 26, 2010, during the NJ 101.5 Casey & Rossi call-in show, a discussion about geocaching prompted a Rutgers student(?) to call in and mention geohashing. They of course mocked us as geeks, but we'll show them! :-)