2010-06-13 51 5

Sun 13 Jun 2010 in 51,5: 51.6961531, 5.1499792 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Right at the side of a road next to a highway, in the town of Drunen.

Participants

• CO2
• CO2's parents

Plans

I saw the location was in reach and my parents were planning to do a daytrip anyway, so I asked them if we could stop for a moment at the hashpoint.

Expedition

We just went there by car and my dad stopped at the closest place possible, about 100m from the hash. They waited for me while I got out with my cam and the GPS device and went to look for the exact spot. First I misinterpreted the direction a bit and ended up in some bushy place behind some place containing car wrecks. Then I went back and found out I had to be at the other side of the road. To find the spot I had to walk back and forth a bit. The GPS device is meant for car navigation and doesn't update itself unless I move fast and far enough, which decreases the actual accuracy. But as far as I can check I passed over the exact spot while walking back and forth. I made some pictures of the surroundings and quickly returned to my parents to continue the rest of our trip.

Photos

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  The bushy path I went to first

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  The car wreck place

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  Okay, I found the right place on the other side of the road

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  Picture made from the #. with car wreck place in background.

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  Same road, looking towards the other end

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  There were some factory buildings behind the #.

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  Because of the limited accuracy, in principle the hash could've been in that canal, but let's assume not. ;)

Achievements

CO2 earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (51, 5) geohash on 2010-06-13.

CO2 earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging CO2's parents to the (51, 5) geohash on 2010-06-13.