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So off I went, leaving work a little early and setting the hash point as a target in my brand new routing software (OSMAnd).
 
So off I went, leaving work a little early and setting the hash point as a target in my brand new routing software (OSMAnd).
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I knew that routing for bicycles is a magnitude harder than car routing.
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That combined with the remaining inconsistencies of OSM map material (although that is rather good around Nuremberg) leads to a rather... interesting... route that I was led.
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I got the impression, that the routing algorithm itself sometimes used some kind of geohashing-like algorithms.
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Although it didn't help that OSMAnd's UI is rather car-centric.
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All this led to a lot of this kind of situations:
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'''OSMAnd''': Turn right!
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'''Me''': But there is no road.
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'''OSMAnd''': Yes there is!
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'''Me''': No, there isn't!
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'''OSMAnd''': Believe me, there is! Look at my map!
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'''Me''': YOU believe ME, in reality there is no road!
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'''OSMAnd''': Ok, here is your choice: Either you believe there to be a road and take it, or track your way back for the last two or three kilometres and try something different on your own...
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'''Me''': *Gnaaarg*
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So going to the hashpoint was really, really fun. A great adventure that I am still thinking about with a silly smile on my face :)
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The hashpoint itself was rather unspectacular.
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And very nearly it was a Déjà Vu Geohash, as it lay just a view hundred meters from the riding stable were we sometimes lend a pony for a little tour with our young niece.
  
 
== Tracklog ==
 
== Tracklog ==

Revision as of 04:59, 23 May 2014

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Location

A wood near Raitersaich

Participants

Schnatterfleck (talk)

Plans

Expedition

I allways wanted to go hunt some hash points. But using the web based tools was allways to complicated. But this week I discoverd the geohashing app in the Android store - and it works perfectly! :-)

And on this really, really nice day (warm and sunny), it showed me a coordinate that was - just within reach for me during the 3 or four hours I had to spare (nearly allways going by bike...) - apparently located only a few meters from a road near an open field - situated in a really nice rural landscape.

So off I went, leaving work a little early and setting the hash point as a target in my brand new routing software (OSMAnd).

I knew that routing for bicycles is a magnitude harder than car routing. That combined with the remaining inconsistencies of OSM map material (although that is rather good around Nuremberg) leads to a rather... interesting... route that I was led. I got the impression, that the routing algorithm itself sometimes used some kind of geohashing-like algorithms.

Although it didn't help that OSMAnd's UI is rather car-centric.

All this led to a lot of this kind of situations:

OSMAnd: Turn right!

Me: But there is no road.

OSMAnd: Yes there is!

Me: No, there isn't!

OSMAnd: Believe me, there is! Look at my map!

Me: YOU believe ME, in reality there is no road!

OSMAnd: Ok, here is your choice: Either you believe there to be a road and take it, or track your way back for the last two or three kilometres and try something different on your own...

Me: *Gnaaarg*


So going to the hashpoint was really, really fun. A great adventure that I am still thinking about with a silly smile on my face :)

The hashpoint itself was rather unspectacular. And very nearly it was a Déjà Vu Geohash, as it lay just a view hundred meters from the riding stable were we sometimes lend a pony for a little tour with our young niece.

Tracklog

Photos

Achievements