Difference between revisions of "2013-03-28 38 -76"

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Set out from Rockville at about 9:50. This was fairly straightforward as the GPS took me right to the driveway of the park. Once I got inside I detoured based on my own survey because the GPS would not have taken me to the closest parking lot. Once I arrived I realized that the vehicles I saw on the satellite pic are not buses of schoolchildren as I thought, but RVs. They rent out the lot to RV owners. It's a very desirable spot. I talked to a guy who said he was on a waiting list for three years.

There is also temporary (only during the offseason) storage right next to it.

I parked the car next to a pile of firewood and set off into the woods. There was a path which I should have used because even though it was windy, it would have taken me very close to the spot. Once I realized this I got on the path. A fallen tree which formed a bridge over a ravine showed the way to the exact location so I crossed it and took my pictures. Nice little location.

The GPS wasn't very exact and kept shifting accuracy but I am reasonably confident that at one point I was within a few feet of the exact spot.

Once I finished, I decided to head to the geohash for the next graticule over.

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-*In a swampy area in Oxford, MD  -- [[User:OfficeLinebacker|OfficeLinebacker]] ([[User talk:OfficeLinebacker|talk]]) [http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=39.09306737&lon=-77.15530773&zoom=16&layers=B000FTF @39.0931,-77.1553] 09:45, 28 March 2013 (EDT)
+Set out from Rockville at about 9:50.  This was fairly straightforward as the GPS took me right to the driveway of the park.  Once I got inside I detoured based on my own survey because the GPS would not have taken me to the closest parking lot.  Once I arrived I realized that the vehicles I saw on the satellite pic are not buses of schoolchildren as I thought, but RVs.  They rent out the lot to RV owners.  It's a very desirable spot.  I talked to a guy who said he was on a waiting list for three years.
+There is also temporary (only during the offseason) storage right next to it.
+I parked the car next to a pile of firewood and set off into the woods.  There was a path which I should have used because even though it was windy, it would have taken me very close to the spot.  Once I realized this I got on the path.  A fallen tree which formed a bridge over a ravine showed the way to the exact location so I crossed it and took my pictures.  Nice little location.
+The GPS wasn't very exact and kept shifting accuracy but I am reasonably confident that at one point I was within a few feet of the exact spot.
+Once I finished, I decided to head to [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/2013-03-28_38_-76 the geohash for the next graticule over].
 == Tracklog ==
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