Surrey, British Columbia

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Geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008

More geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008

The Surrey, BC graticule is at latitude 49, longitude -122. It encompasses the eastern half of Metro Vancouver (including all of the Tri-Cities, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, North Delta, Surrey and Langley; most of Burnaby; and part of North Vancouver), and extends east through the Fraser Valley past Abbotsford.

The northern half of this graticule falls largely within Golden Ears and Garibaldi Provincial Parks.

The graticule is bounded by Whistler, BC to the north, Chilliwack, BC to the east, Bellingham, WA to the south, and Vancouver, BC to the west.

Link to the graticule on the coordinate calculator

Participants

• HollyB
• Gavitron - quite possibly
• Toddalert - quite possibly
• Jakke
• Naturalnumber - Occasionally
• Alex4Life
• MegaHurtz
• Deba - When I can
• Queerasmoi - when this graticule works better than Vancouver's
• Osmie - from time to time
• thepiguy - From Vancouver, but you guys have less water.

Notable Dates

• Saturday, 2008-05-31: The location is between two houses in Abbotsford. thepiguy and srs0 (from the Vancouver graticule) are planning on meeting, and hopefully others will join in! There's a park nearby where we're planning on actually gathering (so that we don't have to spend long between the two houses). The park is a block or so to the West, and there appear to be parking spaces on Fern Street. There will be snacks and any outdoor games peaople bring. The actual event page is here.

Transit instructions(from Vancouver)

Go to Surrey Central Station and take the #502 bus to Aldergrove(272nd St. & Fraser Hwy.). Transfer to the #21 bus(You will need another fare($2.25), as it is on a different system) and take it to Bourquin Exchange. From there, take the #2 bus to Huntingdon and stop on Marshall at Dahl Crescent(time of arrival est. 4:12 pm). From there it is a short walk to the hashpoint. However, due to bus arrival and departure times, it is impossible(or very nearly so) to visit the hashpoint and make it back to Surrey Central using buses, so you have to either arrange a ride, hichhike, or ask one of your fellow geohashers for one.

Links:

Translink

ValleyMAX(Abbotsford area bus service)

• Saturday, 2008-05-24: First Saturday since geohashing comic. The Vancouver graticule yields a point in the Georgia Strait. But the Surrey graticule gives coordinates just off the Trans-Canada in Langley. It looks to be right at the boundary between somebody's rear lawn and farmland. The house's address is somewhere from 24380-24399 68 Ave, Langley, BC (actually according to the Township of Langley's GIS page, it's part of a very large lot with address 24326 68 ave). Postal code V1M 3K5.
  • Transit information: The C62 community shuttle from Langley Centre provides one access point. Due to a highway, a river and some train tracks, the "most direct-looking" approach is blocked unless you want to walk along several km of train tracks. If you don't, the closest bus stop is Rawlison Crescent and then you would travel 5.6 km: http://tinyurl.com/6dbbql (this map shows the front of the house as a starting point but really we're aiming for the back if possible).
  • Alternately, the 502 runs VERY OCCASIONAL (only twice daily on Saturdays!) short-turn service, and you can get out at 248th St and 56 Ave. http://tinyurl.com/6kt9cc Although Google shows a big loop-around walk, it *sort of* looks like there is a through street/path where 68 Ave ends. If so, this is the fastest approach from transit, at 3.2 km. If not, you'll have to cut across further north. The non-short turn service drops you at Fraser highway, much farther away. If you take the 502 that gets you here closest to 4PM, you'll probably not make it until 4:45-5:00. So really... C62 is your best bet.
  • Discuss May 24 on the discussion page for Surrey?