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(2/25) In the back yard of an apartment building, near the corner of Wagner Pl. and 40th St., in Irvington. The apartment building faces 40th St., but the yard is closer to Wagner Pl. And looking at the back of the house, either it's sinking, or someone did a really bad job joining the Google Street View pictures together. | (2/25) In the back yard of an apartment building, near the corner of Wagner Pl. and 40th St., in Irvington. The apartment building faces 40th St., but the yard is closer to Wagner Pl. And looking at the back of the house, either it's sinking, or someone did a really bad job joining the Google Street View pictures together. | ||
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'''Coordinates for 2010-02-26: {{coordinates graticule|2010-02-26|lat=40|lon=-74}}''' | '''Coordinates for 2010-02-26: {{coordinates graticule|2010-02-26|lat=40|lon=-74}}''' | ||
| − | : | + | : A forest-covered hill east of Red Mill, off Red Mill Road, in Hunterdon County. Looks like it's adjacent to a parcel of Open Space<sup>(R)</sup>, so it's reachable, snow cover notwithstanding. |
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| − | : | + | : Behind a house on Honeyman Rd. N, in Whitehouse, Somerset County. |
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== Cities in this Graticule == | == Cities in this Graticule == | ||
Revision as of 18:12, 26 February 2010
| Scranton, PA | Newburgh, NY | Danbury, CT |
| Allentown, PA | Newark | New York City |
| Philadelphia, PA | Atlantic City | 39,-73 |
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Today's location: not yet announced | ||
The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.
Thanks to Meteorswarm, we have a Facebook group for the "North Jersey" graticule. Meet-ups can be coordinated here or there.
Contents
Daily Locations
Heavy snow Friday, take this into account when trying to reach a geohashes!
Coordinates for 2010-02-26: 40.7236650, -74.9009606
- A forest-covered hill east of Red Mill, off Red Mill Road, in Hunterdon County. Looks like it's adjacent to a parcel of Open Space(R), so it's reachable, snow cover notwithstanding.
Coordinates for 2010-02-27: 40.6032878, -74.7406376
- Behind a house on Honeyman Rd. N, in Whitehouse, Somerset County.
Coordinates for 2010-02-28: 40.7557524, -74.4283349
- The garage of a house on Glenwild Rd., across from Drew University in Madison, Morris County.
Cities in this Graticule
| New Jersey | New York | Pennsylvania |
| Newark | Staten Island | New Hope |
| Jersey City | Lower Manhattan | Levittown |
| New Brunswick | Parts of Brooklyn | Langhorne |
| Trenton |
Local Geohashers
- Madalis
- bjimba
- krip
- trntr
- TorsionalMetric
- Direwulf
- Jevanyn
- LangleyLGLF (When @Rutgers)
- Esteban
- Science Works!
- sve
- Zubenelgenubi
- Mike
- darko
- jimpoz
- RminusQ
- Brandon 20px and his father
- GISninja
- BlastOButter42, but probably only if it's near the city and New York's isn't closer
- AlexF
- Knitting Duck
- Flashbullzeye
- Kyukket
Attempted geohashes
- Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
- Tuesday, February 22: Veterans Park, Trenton, near the entrance on Klockner Rd. Across from Steinart High School.
- Saturday, February 13: Tried for a meetup at Woodbridge Mall.
- Monday, February 1: A chilly evening geohash, but only two towns from home for Jevanyn.
- Saturday, January 23: Saturday's geohash was a walk in the park, literally!
- Tuesday, January 5: Jevanyn tried for a birthday geohash with his new GPS, but the location was not reachable.
Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008 and 2009.
Links
[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.
[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.
[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes
And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)
Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.
