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'''Today's Locations:'''
 
'''Today's Locations:'''

Revision as of 10:58, 24 May 2008

Harrisburg, PA Allentown, PA Newark, NJ
Baltimore, MD Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Atlantic City, NJ
Washington, DC (East) Salisbury, MD Cape May, NJ

Today's Locations: [Philadelphia (North)] [Philadelphia (South)]

Philadelphia is split between two primary graticules, as the city is bisected by the 40th parallel. The southern Philadelphia graticule is at 39 N, -75 W. The northern graticule is at 40 N, -75 W. Parts of the Far Northeast are in the Newark, New Jersey graticule, and many of the South Jersey suburbs are in the Atlantic City, New Jersey graticule; those may be more convenient to get to for some people, depending on the coordinates of the day.

Areas within the North Graticule

  • Pennsylvania
    • half of Philadelphia, including Northwest Philadelphia, North Philadelphia north of approximately Allegheny Avenue, and most of Northeast Philadelphia
    • about half of Chester County
    • Most of Montgomery, Bucks, and Berks Counties, including Reading, Doylestown, Norristown, and most of the Main Line
    • All of the Lehigh Valley
    • Most of Carbon and Monroe Counties
    • Small parts of Luzerne and Pike Counties
  • New Jersey
    • Parts of Hunterdon and Warren Counties

Areas within the South Graticule

  • Pennsylvania
    • half of Philadelphia, including Center City, South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and North Philadelphia south of approximately Allegheny Avenue
    • Most of Delaware and Chester Counties
  • Delaware
    • All of New Castle County including Wilmington and Newark
    • Most of Kent County including Dover
    • Most of Delaware Bay
  • Maryland
    • Most of Cecil County, and parts of Kent, Queen Anne's, and Caroline Counties
  • New Jersey
    • Parts of Camden County including Camden and Haddonfield
    • Parts of Gloucester and Cumberland Counties
    • All of Salem County

Daily Locations

5/21/08

North

Near Morgantown on the PA turnpike.

South

A field in Sudlersville, Md.

Won't be making that trip. Relaxing 15:35, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, a bit too far on the fly like this. Philly is lucky that we're split over 4 areas... We have to wait for the corners to come up. --TLP 15:37, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

5/22/08

North

A field just off US 209 southwest of Stroudsburg, PA.

South

In West Philadelphia 39.972874°, -75.238697 Master Street and Redford

is there a standardization for how to do this?
So close, and yet not somewhere I would ever go alone. --TLP

5/23/08

North

Near Pikeville, PA.

South

In Wiggins Mill Park, near Townsend, DE.

5/24/08 - Saturday

North

Near Township Line Rd and Pothouse Rd, west of Phoenixville, PA.

South

In a farm outside Camden, DE.

5/25/08

North

In the middle of the woods, on top of a mountain, south of Stroudsburg, PA.

South

24th and Montrose in SW Center City, Philadelphia. In front of some school, as of yet unidentified.

5/26/08

North

Schnecksville, PA.

South

Just off the runway at New Castle County Airport, Delaware.