Difference between revisions of "Cubicle geohash achievement"

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Cubicle Geohash Icon

This achievement can be attained only when the place where you work is exactly under the coordinates of a particular day. This is incredibly lucky, and the chance of this happening to you is the area of your workplace divided by the area of the quadrangle you're in. Assuming a sphere of radius R (Earth is approximately 6,370,000m), θ = the absolute value of your graticule's latitude in degrees, and H = the size of your workplace in square metres, then the probability P is represented by the following formula:

P = H / ( [πR² / 180] · [sin(θ+1) - sin(θ)] )

A typical cube dweller in Denver, Colorado (latitude 39°) has a chance of around one in 4,240,000. The same office drone in Vardø, Norway (latitude 70°) has a chance of around one in 1,840,000.

If this does happen to you, you are required to throw a mad-keen office party at a day's notice.

This is one of those things that probably won't ever happen, but how cool would it be if it did?.

Ribbons

A ribbon is available here. It works for the full achievement or the honourable mention.

This user earned the cubicle geohash achievement

by working at the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Winners

As of July 24th, nobody has won this yet. If you've been within 3 miles, please let us know via the discussion page! Those who successfully convert to SI units, might even be eligible for an almost honourable mention (see below).

Honorable Mentions

Even if the coordinates aren't in your office, you can get an honorable mention if you work within 1km (a 20 minute walk) of the coordinates. While this is 1,400 times more likely to happen than the coordinates being in your workplace, it's still a long shot. If you work within 3km, you may award yourself with the almost honorable mention.

smartaleq for 2008-09-27 33 -118, a distance of 150 feet.
Joanna for 2009-02-23 -35 149, <1k away from where she works, according to google maps.
Felix Dance for 2009-05-25 -37 144, a distance of 500m from his construction site.

Almost honorable mentions

Virgletati for 2008-06-30 41 -88
lyx for 2008-08-22 59 10
Danatar's mother for driving him to 2008-10-22 49 8, which is 1.5 km from her workplace.
the ru for 2009-01-15 67 20
Benjw for 2009-04-03 52 0, a mere 40m over a kilometre from his central Cambridge office.

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 Even if the coordinates aren't in your office, you can get an honorable mention if you work within 1km (a 20 minute walk) of the coordinates. While this is 1,400 times more likely to happen than the coordinates being in your workplace, it's still a long shot. If you work within 3km, you may award yourself with the almost honorable mention.
-* [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] for [[2009-05-25 -37 144]], a distance of 500m from his construction site.
 * [[User:smartaleq|smartaleq]] for [[2008-09-27 33 -118]], a distance of 150 feet.
-* [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] for [[2009-02-01 52 0]], 750m away from where he has worked at the edge of the nearby village.
 * [[User:Joannac|Joanna]] for [[2009-02-23 -35 149]], <1k away from where she works, according to google maps.
+* [[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]] for [[2009-05-25 -37 144]], a distance of 500m from his construction site.
 === Almost honorable mentions ===
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 * Danatar's mother for driving [[User:Danatar|him]] to [[2008-10-22 49 8]], which is 1.5 km from her workplace.
 * [[User:the_ru|the ru]] for [[2009-01-15 67 20]]
+* [[User:Benjw|Benjw]] for [[2009-04-03 52 0]], a mere 40m over a kilometre from his central Cambridge office.