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There is a [http://groups.google.com/group/van-geohashing mailing list] for GVRD geohashers, announcing when group expeditions are being planned. This is recommended for locals who don't check the coordinates every day, but still would like to know when things are happening.
 
There is a [http://groups.google.com/group/van-geohashing mailing list] for GVRD geohashers, announcing when group expeditions are being planned. This is recommended for locals who don't check the coordinates every day, but still would like to know when things are happening.
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According to [[Land usage]], the chance for your hash to fall into one of the following areas is:
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69.17% Fields
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25.43% Natural reserves
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4.90% Water
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0.50% Highways
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0.01% Settlements
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==Participants==
 
==Participants==

Revision as of 14:14, 27 August 2009

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The Surrey, BC graticule is at latitude 49, longitude -122. It encompasses the eastern half of Metro Vancouver (including all of the Tri-Cities, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, North Delta, Surrey and Langley; most of Burnaby; and part of North Vancouver), and extends east through the Fraser Valley past Abbotsford.

The northern half of this graticule falls largely within Golden Ears and Garibaldi Provincial Parks.

The graticule is bounded by Whistler to the north, Chilliwack to the east, Bellingham, WA to the south, and Vancouver to the west.

Link to the graticule on the coordinate calculator

Many participants at Surrey geohashes are from Vancouver, so be sure to check both pages if you're visiting the area and looking for a meetup.

There is a mailing list for GVRD geohashers, announcing when group expeditions are being planned. This is recommended for locals who don't check the coordinates every day, but still would like to know when things are happening.

According to Land usage, the chance for your hash to fall into one of the following areas is: 

69.17%	Fields
25.43%	Natural reserves
4.90%	Water
0.50%	Highways
0.01%	Settlements

Participants

Upcoming Dates

For discussion of upcoming event(s), please use the discussion page or the actual event page(s)!

Transit Links

Expeditions

Links to all attempted and planned geohashes in this graticule is available at Category:Meetup in 49 -122, but most are listed below.

Geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008
Geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008

Achievable, But Not Attended

Wasted opportunities.

  • Saturday 2008-08-30 - In a field behind someone's home on Starr Road in northern Bradner. (Not visited).
  • Wednesday, 2008-07-02: On Burnaby Mountain, right on the SFU campus. Eminently accessible. Queerasmoi and Robyn were in Burnaby watching a concert but didn't go.
  • Monday, 2008-06-09: In White Rock, near the intersection of 20th ave and 156th street. No known visitors.

Notable Dates

  • Friday, 2008-09-19 - Midnight Pirate Geohash, on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
  • Saturday, 2008-05-24: First Saturday since geohashing comic, also first meetup for the graticule and a graticule record-setting eight geohashers.
More geohashers at the Surrey, BC graticule on May 24, 2008
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