GeoSquishy

GeoSquishies are the perfect complement to any geohashing adventure. Whenever the geohash location falls within 5km of a squishy vendor simply stop by and pick up an ice cold frozen carbonated beverage (affectionately know as a squishy by the geoSquishy team) to enjoy when you finally reach your destination. Here are the templates. Select the one that matches your expedition.

Template:GeoSquishy FirstSip - Enjoy your first geoSquishy.

This user earned the First Sip GeoSquishy Achievement by enjoying a slushy carbonated beverage at the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Mini - Accumulate 25 geoSquishy stars.

This user earned the Mini Squishy GeoSquishy Achievement by accumulating 25 stars as of the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Small - Accumulate 50 geoSquishy stars.

This user earned the Small Squishy GeoSquishy Achievement by accumulating 50 stars as of the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Medium - Accumulate 75 geoSquishy stars.

This user earned the Medium Squishy GeoSquishy Achievement by reaching the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Large - Accumulate 100 geoSquishy stars.

This user earned the Large Squishy GeoSquishy Achievement by accumulating 100 stars as of the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Super - Accumulate 150 geoSquishy stars.

This user earned the Super Squishy GeoSquishy Achievement by accumulating 150 stars as of the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy 5Star - Record a 5-Star geoSquishy run.

This user earned the 5 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by earning 5 stars all at the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy 7Star - Record a 7-Star geoSquishy run.

This user earned the 7 Star GeoSquishy Achievement by sipping late at night in the rain very near a vendor at the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Night - Make a geoSquishy run between 10pm and midnight.

This user earned the Late-night GeoSquishy Achievement by bringing a slushy carbonated beverage to the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash between 10 p.m. and midnight on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Rain - Make your geoSquishy run in the rain.

This user earned the Squishy-ing in the Rain GeoSquishy Achievement by drinking a diluted squishy at the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

Template:GeoSquishy Sign - Make a squishy run to a vendor with a rolling ad sign.

This user earned the Product Placement geoSquishy achievement at a GeoSquishy vendor with a rolling sign near the ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].

UPDATE: The geoSquishy system has been changed to remove all vendor specific requirements in order to better reflect the intended spirit of geoSquishies. Please note that ANY kind of squishy has the potential to be a geoSquishy.

Achievements

As with other geohashing activities, enjoying a geoSquishy will earn you achievements. GeoSquishy achievements are based on a point system in which each squishy run is ranked from 1 to 7 stars. Stars are accumulated with each squishy run. Some achievents can also be earned for specific scenarios, such as your first geoSquishy. The full list of geoSquishy achievements is given below (this list may be updated with time). As with other geohashing achievements, proof of location, time & date and squishy must be supplied.

Banners are available for these achievements.

Point System

The geoSquishy point system is based on distance of the vendor from the geohash site as well as bonus points for special circumstances. To qualify as a geoSquishy the vendor must be within 5km from the geohash site, and the geohash site must also be reached. Up to five points may be earned from distance alone, ranging from 5 points for a squishy run within 1km from the geohash location to 1 point for a squishy run within a 5km radius. The points assigned to each distance range are summarised below.

• Up to 1km - 5 points
• 1km to 2km - 4 points
• 2km to 3km - 3 points
• 3km to 4km - 2 points
• 4km to 5km - 1 point

Additional points may be earned (up to a maximum of 7 points total) for geoSquishy runs under special circumstances. Each condition which is met earns one point, and also earns individual achievements. Possible special circumstances are listed below and reflect ideal squishying conditions: drinking a squishy in the late night rain, illuminated by a rolling advertisement sign.

• Making a squishy run in the rain
• Making a squishy run between 10pm and midnight
• Making a squishy run to a vendor with a rolling advertisement sign

Squishy Vendors

The following list includes a few of the possible squishy vendors (Please update this list with your local vendors).

• 7-Eleven (Worldwide): Home of the Slurpee branded squishy. Open 24-hours for those late night squishies.
• Cumberland Farms
• Night Owl (Australia?): Open 24-hours for those late night squishies.
• Almost any gas station convenience store provides squishies (whether or not they're open 24-hours is another matter).
• McDonalds in New Zealand is currently offering a Frozen Coke for about 3-4 dollars, depending on the size. No information is currently available on how long this Squishy-like beverage will be available.
• In Australia McDonalds and Hungry Jacks both offer Frozen Coke on a permanent basis.
• Birch Carrol and Coyle Cinemas, Australia
• One of the independent greasy food joints at South Bank, Brisbane, Australia
• Sonic Drive-In: Home of their famous slushies.
• KFC Australia offers Krushers, which come in a dairy and an ice form. The ice Krushers are very much squishy, although they are not available in all regions yet. Nationwide rollout is coming.
• In Germany, Squishies in the form of smoothies can be bought at most supermarkets. Squishies in the form of slushies would be available at several fastfood places.
• Dunkin Donuts offers a Coolata drink, but it is not carbonated.
• Mac's is a common Canadian convenience store, offering carbonated Frosters, nigh-on identical to the slurpees of 7-Eleven. Open 24 hours, so useful for the Midnight Geohash achievement.

Achievement Winners

First Sip

• Ubethatway, KzazB and Cpt.Hardthing (proof supplied here)
• Bishop Wash on 2008-10-28.
• Woodveil on 2009-01-09.
• Thomcat and Robyn on 2009-01-22.
• On2Wheels on 2009-06-30.
• Dtobias on 2009-07-11
• Anniepoo on 2011-10-16.
• RocketMac on 2011-11-30
• TdL on 2012-06-04.

5-Star Squishy

• Ubethatway, KzazB and Cpt.Hardthing (proof supplied here)
• Bishop Wash on 2008-10-30 and 2010-12-06.
• Woodveil on 2009-01-09.
• NCBears (proof supplied here)
• Thomcat and Robyn on 2009-01-22.
• On2Wheels on 2009-06-30.
• Dtobias on 2009-07-11
• Scottkuma (and three others!) on 2009-07-27
• Anniepoo on 2011-10-16.
• RocketMac on 2012-10-17
• Swensonj on 2012-12-06.
• Alison (talk) on 2013-04-29
• RocketMac on Geohashing Day 2013
• Ben Kaiser on New years eve 2015

Squishy-ing in the Rain

• Ubethatway, KzazB and Cpt.Hardthing (proof supplied here)
• RocketMac proof supplied here

Product Placement

• Ubethatway, KzazB and Cpt.Hardthing (proof supplied here)

Credits

The geoSquishy concept is brought to you by Ubethatway, Whatheduce, KzazB and Cpt.Hardthing of Brisbane, Australia.