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* '''[[2011-06-17 40 -74|Friday, June 17]]: The Juggernaut/Tron Conjunction.
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* '''[[2011-06-17 40 -74|Friday, June 17]]: [[User:Jevanyn|Jevanyn]] has one right down the road from his house.
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* '''[[2011-05-25 40 -74|Wednesday, May 25]]''': [[User:Jabib|Jabib]] tried for it on the front end of a double geohash
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* [[2011-05-24 40 -74|Tuesday, May 24]]: A nice summer spot if the beach is too far.
  
 
* '''[[2011-05-21 40 -74|Caturday, May 21]]: Geohashing day.
 
* '''[[2011-05-21 40 -74|Caturday, May 21]]: Geohashing day.
 
* '''[[2011-05-15 40 -74|Sunday, May 15]]''': [[User:Jabib|Jabib]] has his second in three days.
 
  
 
* '''[[2011-05-12 40 -74|Thursday, May 12]]''': [[User:Jabib|Jabib]] and [[User:Orangutan|Orangutan]] join the fray, and were met by many insects.
 
* '''[[2011-05-12 40 -74|Thursday, May 12]]''': [[User:Jabib|Jabib]] and [[User:Orangutan|Orangutan]] join the fray, and were met by many insects.

Revision as of 00:14, 19 June 2011

Scranton, PA Newburgh, NY Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA Newark New York City
Philadelphia, PA Atlantic City 39,-73

Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

NewarkRiverside.jpg

Our Graticule

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.

This page is maintained by I am the decider maintainer. Automatic updates are not desired.


Quotable quotes

  • A rum keg tapped at both ends.
-- Benjamin Franklin
  • The Tollbooth State
-- George Carlin
  • Only the Strong Survive
-- Popular New Jersey T-shirt

Suggested Meetup Locations

Interesting reachable locations will be posted the same day as they come up. The 80%-90% rate of private property discourages me from updating more often.

Geohashers can also receive daily emails with automated Google address lookup through activegeohasher.com.

Meetups will typically be on Saturday afternoon, at a time to be determined to maximize turnout. The location will be the most interesting and/or accessible of the week; typically open to discussion.

May 24, 2011

Round Valley State Park. Nice location, low price of admission, and you won't need a boat (though I think you can rent one if you want to.) If anyone wants to go, either today or Saturday as a retrohash. 2011-05-24 40 -74

Retrohash

The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is challenging but reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey New York Pennsylvania
Newark Staten Island Torresdale, Philadelphia*
Jersey City Lower Manhattan New Hope
New Brunswick Parts of Brooklyn Levittown
Trenton   Langhorne

 * - The area, in the northern reaches of Philadelphia, is partially within Newark, NJ graticule.

Local Geohashers

Attempted geohashes

Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74

Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[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.

Google Maps now has a bike trail layer, which is a good start.