Ulsteinvik, Norway

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

[[Category:Meetup in {{{lat}}} {{{lon}}}| ]]

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, 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 close to shore, then we will try to go to the closest point on land. This is particularly important because Google Maps is not, in fact, perfect, so when we get there, the point may actually turn out to be on land anyway.

• 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.

Latest Ten Events

Create a new page for our coordinate and date for any potential meetups. Edit that page to coordinate the coordinates. Locations without much of a description are in water. Man. Eleven straight water days.

2008-06-12 62 5 62.790670°, 5.335532° - Norwegian Sea.

2008-06-11 62 5 62.553532°, 5.398799° - Norwegian Sea.

2008-06-10 62 5 62.093047°, 5.511197° - Vanylvsfjorden.

2008-06-09 62 5 62.162151°, 5.041780° - Stadhavet.

2008-06-08 62 5 62.047581°, 5.230915° - Sildegapet.

2008-06-07 62 5 62.501784°, 5.114370° - Norwegian Sea.

2008-06-06 62 5 62.523814°, 5.295407° - Norwegian Sea.

2008-06-05 62 5 62.302317°, 5.483945° - Herøyfjorden.

2008-06-04 62 5 62.700817°, 5.704888° - Norwegian Sea.

2008-06-03 62 5 62.742783°, 5.635649° - Norwegian Sea.

Top Ten Events

(We'll start by simply identifying good locations, even if the event was unattended, to remind ourselves that good locations do happen! Soon, hopefully, we'll be able to rank these by number of people, quality of the view, etc.

1. 2008-06-01 62 5 62.349107°, 5.916238° - On Hareidlandet, very near the road between Hareid and Ulsteinvik - right about at the border between Hareid and Ulstein kommunar. First attended geohash for this graticule! One, count 'em, one, geohasher attended. Oh well. Gotta start somewhere!

2. 2008-05-29 62 5 62.278326°, 5.741142° - Presumably unattended. (Upon closer inspection of the aerial photo, it may have been in the middle of a graveyard. Well, at least we would have had a parking lot...)

3. 2008-05-30 62 5 62.322720°, 5.704583° - Fantastic location - Most of the way up a hillside in Røyra, Herøy kommune.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 2008-05-23 62 5 62.400246°, 5.722771° - Damn. Water again - closer, though. In the Rundalfjord.

7. 2008-05-30 62 5 62.037487°, 5.281266° - In the water, in the Røysetfjorden, just off Selje. A near miss.

8. 2008-05-28 62 5 62.710441°, 5.112732° - Same Sea, same story. Too bad the only active GeoHasher doesn't own a boat.

9. 2008-05-26 62 5 62.673128°, 5.607308° - Still no mermaid GeoHashers.

10. 2008-05-25 62 5 62.941774°, 5.182873° - Back to North Atlantic impossibleness.

Statistics

Since the Ulsteinvik page was set up (May 22nd)...

Including the 12th of June, 2008, there have been 5 landfalls (of 22), for 23%.

There has been one attended GeoHash. ...That anyone reported.

Local Geohashers

• AshleyMorton