Difference between revisions of "Los Angeles, California"
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The Los Angeles, CA [[graticule]] is at latitude 34, longitude -118. It does not, of course, enclose the entire city of Los Angeles, much less the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is debatably the most central [[graticule]] for Los Angeles, and includes downtown LA. [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] may make a good backup [[graticule]], but it is primarily composed of ocean. | The Los Angeles, CA [[graticule]] is at latitude 34, longitude -118. It does not, of course, enclose the entire city of Los Angeles, much less the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is debatably the most central [[graticule]] for Los Angeles, and includes downtown LA. [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]] may make a good backup [[graticule]], but it is primarily composed of ocean. | ||
| − | There is a URL that will take you directly to the google map for the current day's geohashing point: [http://www.gypsypunk.net/lagh/ http://www.gypsypunk.net/lagh/] | + | There is a URL that will take you directly to the google map for the current day's geohashing point: [http://www.gypsypunk.net/lagh/ http://www.gypsypunk.net/lagh/]. As of 2008-05-31, this URL does not point to the coordinates displayed on [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing]. |
== Notable Dates == | == Notable Dates == | ||
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The Los Angeles, CA graticule is at latitude 34, longitude -118. It does not, of course, enclose the entire city of Los Angeles, much less the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is debatably the most central graticule for Los Angeles, and includes downtown LA. Long Beach may make a good backup graticule, but it is primarily composed of ocean.
There is a URL that will take you directly to the google map for the current day's geohashing point: http://www.gypsypunk.net/lagh/. As of 2008-05-31, this URL does not point to the coordinates displayed on http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing.
Notable Dates
5/24/08: First LA geohashing meetup! Definitely a success.
