Difference between revisions of "District of Columbia"

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For the state of Pacific Northwest state, see Washington.

The 76th meridian west (of Greenwich / UTC, Washington had a prime meridian to itself in the early years of independence) crosses directly through the District of Columbia, the city has two graticules, located at latitude 38, longitudes -77 and -76.

Map

Lightgreen graticules have had succesful expeditions within DC. Lightblue graticules have had successful expeditions, but none within DC.

N\E	-77	-76
38	Washington (West) Ciel # in MD Thomcat # in DC	Washington (East) Chuckrex # in VA

Achievements

The DC region has awarded the following 'First Time' achievements:

McKay (talk) earned the Reverse regional achievement

by reaching hash points in all 3 regions of the Washington (West), District of Columbia (38, -77) graticule on state / district level.

Virgin Graticule: Ciel on 2008-06-07

Police Geohash: awarded on 2008-06-14

The DC region has recognized the following comparative achievements:

Largest Meet-Up Achievement: awarded on 2008-06-14

Highest Geohash:

Lowest Geohash:

Most Easterly Geohash: awarded on 2008-07-19

Most Northerly Geohash: awarded on 2008-09-13 38

Most Westerly Geohash:

Most Southerly Geohash: awarded on 2008-07-19

Hottest Geohash:

Coldest Geohash:

Oldest Geohasher:

Youngest Geohasher:

Notable Activities

1000 Blank White Cards is the official activity of all DC area meetups.

Dan is a big fan of Go, and is planning on bringing his portable set to meetups.

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-#REDIRECT [[Washington (West), District of Columbia]]
+:''For the state of Pacific Northwest state, see [[Washington]].''
+The 76th meridian west (of Greenwich / UTC, Washington had a prime meridian to itself in the early years of independence) crosses directly through the District of Columbia, the city has two [[graticule]]s, located at latitude 38, longitudes -77 and -76.
+==Map==
+Lightgreen graticules have had succesful expeditions within DC. Lightblue graticules have had successful expeditions, but none within DC.
+{|border=0|
+!N\E
+!style="width:200px; text-align:center;"|-77
+!style="width:200px; text-align:center;"|-76
+|-
+|style="height:100px;"|'''38'''
+|style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=lightgreen| [[Washington (West), District of Columbia|Washington (West)]]<br>[[User:Ciel|Ciel]] [[2008-06-07 38 -77|#]] in MD<br>[[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]] [[2012-06-06 38 -77|#]] in DC
+|style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=lightblue| [[Washington (East), District of Columbia|Washington (East)]] <br>[[User:Chuckrex|Chuckrex]] [[2008-07-19 38 -76|#]] in VA<br><!--Nobody in DC yet-->&nbsp;
+|}
+==  Achievements ==
+The DC region has awarded the following 'First Time' achievements:
+{{Reverse Regional | latitude = 38 | longitude = -77 | name = [[User:Mckaysalisbury|McKay]] ([[User talk:Mckaysalisbury|talk]]) | count = 3 | graticule = Washington (West), District of Columbia | level = state / district }}
+*Virgin Graticule: [[User:Ciel|Ciel]] on 2008-06-07
+*Police Geohash: awarded on [[2008-06-14 38 -77|2008-06-14]]
+The DC region has recognized the following comparative achievements:
+*Largest Meet-Up Achievement: awarded on [[2008-06-14 38 -77|2008-06-14]]
+*Highest Geohash:
+*Lowest Geohash:
+*Most Easterly Geohash: awarded on [[2008-07-19 38 -76|2008-07-19]]
+*Most Northerly Geohash: awarded on [[2008-09-13 38 -76|2008-09-13 38]]
+*Most Westerly Geohash:
+*Most Southerly Geohash:  awarded on [[2008-07-19 38 -76|2008-07-19]]
+*Hottest Geohash:
+*Coldest Geohash:
+*Oldest Geohasher:
+*Youngest Geohasher:
+==  Notable Activities ==
+[[1000 Blank White Cards]] is the official activity of all DC area meetups.
+* [[User:ciel|Dan]] is a big fan of Go, and is planning on bringing his portable set to meetups.
+[[Category:Split cities]]