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Revision as of 17:24, 6 January 2014
| Scranton, PA | Newburgh, NY | Danbury, CT |
| Allentown, PA | Newark | New York City |
| Philadelphia, PA | Atlantic City | 39,-73 |
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Our Graticule
The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This graticule is among the most populous 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.
This page is maintained by I am the decider maintainer. Automatic updates are not desired.
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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
Daily geohash
Reachable geohashing locations will be discussed via Twitter: @jevanyn #geohashNJ
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 are usually worked out between geohashers when an accessible location comes up. Get to know your neighbors :-)
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.
Active Geohashers
- See also: inactive or retired geohashers
Attempted geohashes
- Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
- January 29: Jevanyn first geohash of 2013, in South Bound Brook.
- February 12: The geohash was in the neighborhood of Jevanyn (talk)'s commute, but the best I could do was possible line-of-sight from the moving train.
- March 29: A quickie geohash to Hillsborough, but again no pictures.
- August 29: Expedition planning near a dinosaur park (no expedition though)
- (Hey, the 29th is a popular date around here...)
- September 13: A Why Aren't You At Work geohash in Flemington.
- September 28: The Geohash at the End of the Sidewalk, by Jevanyn (talk) (not Shel Silversteen)
- December 11: The real adventure was getting home without a GPS.
- December 12: A quickie expedition into Manville.
- December 13: A lovely location in Lake Hopatcong.
- December 26: I could only get within about a mile, on a private road in Rockaway.
- December 27: Behind an office complex.
Archived geohashing expeditions: 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012.
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 :-)
- Google Maps does this automatically sometimes.
Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.
- Google Maps has a bike trail layer, too.
