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==Graticule==
 
==Graticule==
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[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=50&long=19&zoom=9&abs=-1 Today's location] <br>
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This graticule is located at [[50, 19]]. Biggest cities here are Kraków (Cracow), Częstochowa and eastern part of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katowice_urban_area upper silesian urban area] containing Katowice, Tychy, Jaworzno, and Dąbrowa Górnicza. Rest of graticule is just vilages, fields, forests and limestone rocks (it includes Polish Jura, called also Kraków-Częstochowa Upland).
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This graticule is located at [[50,19]]. Most of the area belongs to the region of Lesser Poland, with smaller patches of Upper Silesia, and Sieradz Land. In the southern part, there are several Landscape Parks, a type of protected area of lower status than National Parks that can be encountered in several Central European countries, of which the most notable are:
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles%27_Nests_Landscape_Park Eagles' Nests Landscape Park]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w_Valleys_Landscape_Park Kraków Valleys Landscape Park] with limestone rock formations
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The general landscape varies, we can find here farming grounds, forests, urban areas, hills and flatlands. The biggest or otherwise known cities are:
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* Kraków, central and western parts (the eastern part belongs to [[50,20|50, 20]] graticule)
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katowice_urban_area upper Silesian Urban Area] with Katowice, Mysłowice, Sosnowiec and Dąbrowa Górnicza
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* Częstochowa
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See also: [https://geohashing.info/50,19 today's location]
  
 
==Local Geohashers==
 
==Local Geohashers==

Revision as of 17:51, 9 October 2020

Kalisz Łódź Tomaszów Mazowiecki
Gliwice Kraków Kielce
Ostrava, Czech Republic Bielsko-Biała Nowy Sącz

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Graticule

This graticule is located at 50,19. Most of the area belongs to the region of Lesser Poland, with smaller patches of Upper Silesia, and Sieradz Land. In the southern part, there are several Landscape Parks, a type of protected area of lower status than National Parks that can be encountered in several Central European countries, of which the most notable are:

The general landscape varies, we can find here farming grounds, forests, urban areas, hills and flatlands. The biggest or otherwise known cities are:

  • Kraków, central and western parts (the eastern part belongs to 50, 20 graticule)
  • upper Silesian Urban Area with Katowice, Mysłowice, Sosnowiec and Dąbrowa Górnicza
  • Częstochowa

See also: today's location

Local Geohashers

  • Felinator lives there.
  • Avix also lives there, but isn't really convinced to geohashing. Actually, he's waiting for Couch_Potato_Geohash.
  • mkoniecz lives there.
  • Czwartek lives there.
  • Malgond lives there, in the city of Kraków that is, even if his home actually lies just a little over the 50°N line.
  • zyxist lives there.

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