Talk:Portland, Oregon

A Modest Proposal

It took me a while to figure out what the "graticule hopping" posts were for, but I get it now: This page does double-duty as the log for the Portland graticule AND as the bulletin board for us Portland-area geohashers. But I still feel like it muddies the waters somewhat, and I'm wondering about how y'all would feel about separating the graticule hops out on a list of their own further down the page.

Secondarily, and admittedly rather trivially, I'd like to suggest we move over to the YYYY-MM-DD format on the Portland page. It's just more... geohashingy.

Any thoughts? -- Michael5000 (Jim thinks)

I'm fine with changing the date format if you want. (Mind you that the archives are in that same format, and I just copy the entries over to there.) I'm less sanguine about splitting the graticules apart. There really are no active geohashers in the adjacent graticules, and the "Portland" folks are the one who go to all of them, so I've always considered them Portland-offshoots, at least for the time being. McMinnville ones happen a third to half the time, since APR and I straddle the boundary, and the northern and southern ones only happen on very rare occasions Jiml 22:58, 26 February 2011 (EST)

February Local Hashpoints

The 19th hashpoint proved to be accessible - indirectly - in the front yard of a home in Garden Home. We'll see what happens next. Jiml 20:18, 19 February 2011 (EST)

Your expedition plans here

Where to plan

With the User:AperfectBot picking up expedition pages, we should move planning to the expedition page as soon as it becomes clear someone might actually go!

Other conversations

We're Quite the Graticule

I believe that, as of today, we've collectively mounted as many Portland graticule Expeditions in 2010 as we did in all of 2009. Throw in all of the McMinnville action and we're a global geohashing hotbed! For what that's worth....  : ) Michael5000 22:45, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

• You and APR deserve a lot of the credit with your activity. It was pretty much just me for much of 2009! Jiml 09:36, 31 May 2010 (UTC)

Older Question re Aug 17

Wil: Anyone know why August 17th is "notable?"

admalledd: No idea.

Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point. Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN. Wil 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the first geohash in this graticule? --Thomcat 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Thomcat, Drache and NoTerminal had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :) Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday. The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the 2008-05-26 geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any. Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Damn you all in Portland for having an active location. I am the only local to ever visit a Eugene location... It is hard to go when you know you will be the only one there. Grr.

It's a shame that none of the recent (and not-so-recent) expeditions have been written up so that the rest of us can enjoy reading about them. (Or did nobody actually go? Several people are listed as expressing interest.) Can I please encourage you all to write something -- anything! -- about your expeditions? Thanks. -- Benjw 17:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -Robyn 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

To be scrapped Conversations

January Local Hashpoints

Well, we hit a few hashpoints, and I think we're running at 100% success for the year!  :-)

I missed even trying for one due to Robotics. The Dow seems to be keeping the hashpoint way at the top of the graticule for now. We'll see what happens this weekend. Jiml 14:56, 20 January 2011 (EST)