2019-01-12 42 -85

Sat 12 Jan 2019 in 42,-85: 42.9952022, -85.5964847 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

new development just north of Kent Career Technical Center, Grand Rapids, MI

Participants

• Mcbaneg (talk) (George)

Plans

It's not clear from the Google Map whether this will be accessible. It shows a construction site surrounded by a fence; the hashpoint is a few meters inside the fence on the south side of the construction area. I plan to park in the KCTC lot and try to approach from the south or southeast.

I'll be there at 4 pm on the off chance any West Michigan geohashers are looking for a meetup. I'd be happy to adjourn to Twisted Rooster, just east, for a beer afterwards.

Expedition

The construction site that appeared on the satmap is now a completed apartment complex, with people moving in. The former construction-perimeter fence that looked like a possible barrier has been removed, and a new fence has been installed closer to the buildings at the edge of their parking lot. This new fence apparently passes right through the hashpoint, and was easily accessible from either side.

I took pictures, then waited in the car a few minutes until 4 pm, but saw no other geohashers. Checking the temperature record from the Washtenaw Circle station, KMIGRAMD157, I find that the expedition gets a Frozen Geohash achievement. It certainly felt cold enough.

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  Proof from north (complex parking lot) side of fence

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  Proof from south (lawn/KCTC) side of fence

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  Grin

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  Apartment building and moving truck, view NW from hashpoint

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  Temperature record from station KMIGRAND157 at 42.994 -85.647

Achievements

Mcbaneg (George) earned the Frozen Geohash Achievement by reaching the (42, -85) geohash on 2019-01-12 while the temperature was 30 °F.