Difference between revisions of "Ulsteinvik, Norway"

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Today's Location: [Ulsteinvik, Norway]

The Ulsteinvik graticule is at latitude 62, longitude 5. It includes all of Ulstein, Herøy and Sande kommunar from Møre og Romsdal fylke, and bits (some big, some small) of Giske, Hareid, Ørsta, Volda and Vanylven from Møre og Romsdal, plus some of Selje and Vågsøy from Sogn og Fjordane. The graticule is mostly water, meaning that we should grab opportunities whenever we can.

Because of the nature of Norwegian geography, we have two main problems:

Water

- If today's point is in ocean water, more than a hundred metres or so from shore, we will not be going (this idea can clearly be revised if our numbers grow, so that we can meet by boat in the North Atlantic.)

- If today's point is in lake water, or closer than 100 metres from shore, then we will try to go to the closest point on land. See the talk page for any discussion to sort this out.

Steep Hills

- Meetup time at the exact co-ordinates is at 16:00, of course.

- Meetup time at Google Maps's best attempt for driving directions will be at 17:00. For example, on 21 May 2008, the co-ordinates were meant to be: (62.179467°, 5.861536°). So, go there at 16:00. However, if that's impossible (it may be a cliff, or a bog, or something), then use Google Maps to get directions to those co-ordinates from your house, like this: [1], and it will direct you to the nearest road. So you would drive to the end of that road in time for 17:00, as a fall-back. This will also help anyone who's mobility-impaired to get in on the Geoh-Action.

Because of where we are, there will be many days we can't go, and many times when we will need to sort out details (Hey, if the spot's in water, but close to a ferry route, let's meet on the ferry!) As a result, keep an eye on this page, and the pages under "Events" for details.

Events

Create a new page for our coordinate and date for any potential meetups. Edit that page to coordinate the coordinates.

2008-05-28 62 5 62.710441°, 5.112732° - Same Sea, same story. Too bad the only active GeoHasher doesn't own a boat.

2008-05-27 62 5 62.125367°, 5.577110° - Shockingly close to the 24th's. Too bad the only active GeoHasher doesn't own a car.

2008-05-26 62 5 62.673128°, 5.607308° - Still no mermaid GeoHashers.

2008-05-25 62 5 62.941774°, 5.182873° - Back to North Atlantic impossibleness.

2008-05-24 62 5 62.126648°, 5.547533° - Sweet. First landfall. ...And right by a mountain lake with a nearby trail! Too bad the only active GeoHasher was out of town.

2008-05-23 62 5 62.400246°, 5.722771° - Damn. Water again - closer, though. In the Rundalfjord.

2008-05-22 62 5 62.972874°, 5.238696° - First day since Ulsteinvik page set up - Way out in the Norwegian Sea. Presumably unattended!

Statistics

Since the Ulsteinvik page was set up...

Including the 28th of May, 2008, there have been 2 landfalls (of 7), for 29%.

There have been zero attended GeoHashes. ...That anyone reported.

Local Geohashers

AshleyMorton

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 '''Today's Location:'''
-[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=62&long=-5&zoom=9&abs=-1 Ulsteinvik, Norway]]
+[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=62&long=5&zoom=9&abs=-1 Ulsteinvik, Norway]]
 The Ulsteinvik [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=62&long=5&zoom=8&abs=1 latitude 62, longitude 5]. It includes all of Ulstein, Herøy and Sande ''kommunar'' from Møre og Romsdal ''fylke'', and bits (some big, some small) of Giske, Hareid, Ørsta, Volda and Vanylven from Møre og Romsdal, plus some of Selje and Vågsøy from Sogn og Fjordane. The graticule is mostly water, meaning that we should grab opportunities whenever we can.

Norwegian Sea	Norwegian Sea	Norwegian Sea
Kråkenes, Norway	Ulsteinvik, Norway	Ålesund, Norway
Bremanger, Norway	Førde, Norway	Høyanger, Norway