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| − | Welcome to the '''Geohashing Community Wiki'''. [[Geohashing]] is a ''Spontaneous Adventure Generator'', brought to you by the [[xkcd]] webcomic.
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| − | [[Image:Coordinates.png|thumb|400px|[[The Algorithm]], as shown in [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426].]] | + | <td style="border-width: 5px; border-spacing: 2px; border-style: hidden hidden hidden solid; border-color: green; border-collapse: separate;"><div>[[Image:Landgeohash.png|44px]]</div></td> |
| − | [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426], published on 21 May 2008, contains an [[algorithm]] that generates random coordinates around the world every day. Every day, the [[algorithm]] generates a new set of coordinates for each 1°×1° latitude/longitude zone (known as a [[graticule]]) in the world. They are randomly placed -- they could be in the forest, in a city, on a mountain, or even [[Water Geohash | in the middle of a lake]]! Everyone in a given region gets the same set of coordinates.
| + | <td style="padding: 0px 12px 0px 10px;"> {{#if:{{{name|}}}|{{{name}}}|This user}} earned the '''Almost Lost Something Almost Honorable Mention''' achievement by almost losing {{{thing}}} when going to the [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat={{{latitude}}}&long={{{longitude}}}&date={{{date}}} ({{{latitude}}}, {{{longitude}}}) geohash] on [[{{{date}}} {{{latitude}}} {{{longitude}}}|{{{date}}}]].</td> |
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| − | As such, these coordinates can be used as destinations for adventures, ''à la'' [[wikipedia:Geocaching|Geocaching]], or for local meetups. After the fun, why not document your [[Expedition]]? The rest of us would love to read your story, see your photos, and cheer your success (or commiserate with your failure). You can use this wiki to document the daily coordinates (geohashes) you’ve been to.
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| − | Play with the coordinate calculator at [http://xkcd.com/geohashing http://xkcd.com/geohashing]. All coordinates refer to the [[wikipedia:WGS84|WGS84]] datum.
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| − | For more information, see [[how it works]] or the [[FAQ]]. Also consider joining [irc://irc.foonetic.net/geohashing the #geohashing IRC channel] on Foonetic.
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| − | [[Image:Portland Sample Coord.png|thumb|250 px|Use [http://xkcd.com/geohashing this tool] to find geohashing coordinates for a given area and date.]] | |
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| − | === Official xkcd meetups ===
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| − | == Gallery of Recent Expeditions == | |
| − | The gallery for each day is added to this page automatically, but pictures are selected to the gallery by ''us''. Any geohasher is welcome to add a picture from that day. Just add your image name in the list at the “add yours” link. If the gallery hasn't been started yet, copy the format from the previous day, or [[Template:Expedition Images/How-to|read the how-to]].
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