Talk:Pub Geohash

"Within sight of"...?!

It seems to me that "within sight" is too easy, and dilutes the honor associated with this prestigious award.  ;) (Besides, there are certain graticules where practically the entire thing is within sight of a pub!) Then you run into the whole problem of: if your geohash location is on a hill or mountain overlooking the city, you can see dozens of pubs! Etc.

I suggest that the award be changed such that it is only achieved if the site falls AT a pub. I would say that the sidewalk in front of, parking lot associated with, beer garden, and similar "extensions of the pub" should also count.

I didn't update it, because I wanted to give a chance for discussion and, in particular, the author to consider. Ted 14:50, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

There is some precedent for the "nearness" factor, and I like the "within sight" limitation. Our hash yesterday was one block south of a pub, so I argue for at least that nearness to be included. Perhaps "3 blocks and you have to be able to see it" would be good? --Thomcat 07:14, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Probability of landing in a pub?

Through some calculations, I've been able to deduct the probability of having a geohash land in a pub:

I got this by getting the number of pubs in a few countries (UK, Australia, Israel, China, France, Canada, Mexico, Argentina), getting the average and multiplying by 190 (Countries) for a total of about 2,000,000 pubs (Note: I used tripadvisor.com for this, so this is only for buildings with the word 'pub' in it's name). The average square feet for a pub is 2000 feet squared, so 2000 squared (4,000,000) times 2,000,000 (pubs) equals 8 trillion square feet of pubs around the world. The land area of the world is 1 and a half quadrillion square feet.

A 8,000,000,000,000:1,600,000,000,000,000 ratio equals 0.5%.

Umm, I think I did something wrong, my original calculations said 0.0018% chance which I think is more probable. If you notice what I did wrong, or if I'm right, please tell me. I just wanted to put this here before it goes or doesn't go onto the Pub Geohash page, but a 1 in 200 chance doesn't seem likely. I was writing this section after I did the original calculations, but I'd only gotten pubs from UK and Australia and estimated pub sizes. Please correct me.

With over 500 expeditions, I've reached UK coordinates in sight of a pub a few times and in the car park twice. In the UK, pub pressure (pubs per square metre) is quite high. Most of the world is less densely populated so your chances are lower. On any single day, the chances are lower because I'm much more likely so set out if there is a pub at the destination. Have you calculated your pub area based on line of sight so the pub is in view of the hashpoint? I'm glad someone is taking this important topic seriously! --Sourcerer (talk) 07:18, 28 February 2017 (UTC)