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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.

Come visit the Geohash - Philadelphia Facebook group.

Today's Locations

Philadelphia (North)

Philadelphia (South)

(2009-10-29) Front parking lot of the Rite Aid on N. Landsdowne Rd., intersection of S. Cedar Lane.

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

(The South Graticule is one of 14 (or so) known graticules to span 4 US states.)

Local Geohashers

• jake is in Willow Grove, cycle equiped, and has a portable grill.
• Casey is in Philly and willing to visit geohashes in the city.
• TLP is here, but lazy and car-less. Will attempt (very) nearby hashes.
• Olorwen is also here, but also currently car-less. Will attempt some Delaware hashes!
• cpthomp is here in Newark, and has a car, up for Delaware, PA, MD hashes
• cshulse is in Philadelphia and is hoping for a Saturday Meetup between 39.5 and 40.5 because gas is quite pricey these days.
• rkweicker lives in Philly - and will definitely hit up any hashes that are in and around the city.
• tjs204 lives in Bethlehem - goes to Lehigh - and is quite un-car'd. Will attempt any local, Bethlehem area Meet-Ups
• TheWaySheGoes is in Philadelphia and ready to give hashing a try! Bicycle and car equipt up for all kinds of hashes.
• Skavoovee is in Collegeville and would love to give this a shot! Has a car and is willing to drive around a bit!
• rseasmith is in the Bethlehem area near Lehigh University. Every now and then he'll check the site to see if any are close to him.
• TexasDex is in Philly but is without car until... probably a long time. I'd happily attempt a meetup that is SEPTA/bike accessible; other meetings probably not, unless my car-owning XKCD friend is interested.
• IchiroKatsuo is smack-dab in the middle of south jersey, and is another car-less 'hasher. will also attemt some AC geohashes, cause he's within walking distance of the border.
• Jsharpminor is a musician in the Allentown area who had seen the Geohashing comic and didn't think much of it until 24 July 2008...now he's interested in possibly doing some meetups!
• Chris is a Jerseyite in the North region who caught the bug on July 24th, 2008 with his first hash! Has a car! Range extends with interest!
• Kyla can't believe Chris got her into this. From the Bethlehem area, owns a car, recognizable by a black fedora.
• Peppage Lives in south Jersey and is ready to drive/go exciting places.
• Jevanyn lives in Somerville, and is a supporter of the Museum of Art (the one with the Rocky statue), so he's in the city on occasion.
• Madmaxie hails from the Spring Garden neighborhood, has an aging road bike, lives a block from a beer distributor, and will gladly bring slightly warm, shaken-up refreshments to a meeting, along with a frisbee and an iPod laden with horrible 80's music.
• Blastercorps Car-equipped newbie to geohashing, will go to any nearby locations.

Attempted Geohashes

• Friday, November 27

South: In front of 25 Woodine Ave, Maple Shade, NJ: 2009-11-27_39_-75 Success!

• Saturday, May 9, 2009

North Success! Details: 2009-05-09_40_-75

• Saturday, January 10, 2009

South Not sure if anyone went. Details: 2009-01-10 39 -75

• Saturday, January 3, 2009

North Success! Details: 2009-01-03_40_-75

• Saturday, December 6, 2008

North Semi-Success! Details: 2008-12-06_40_-75

• Saturday, October 18, 2008

North Success! Details: 2008-10-18_40_-75

• Saturday, September 6, 2008

South Failed Details: 2008-09-06 39 -75

• Saturday, July 12, 2008

North Success! Details: 2008-07-12_40_-75

• Saturday, June 28, 2008

North rseasmith was late and forgot his camera! :( No one else showed up however, so no harm done.

South Success! Read all about it here: 2008-06-28_39_-75

There seems to have been an expedition to 2008-06-07 40 -75 as well (was not linked).