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Revision as of 10:23, 5 January 2010
| Port Alberni | Vancouver | Surrey |
| Lake Cowichan | Victoria | Bellingham, Washington |
| Forks, Washington | Olympic National Park, Washington | Seattle, Washington |
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Today's location: not yet announced | ||
The Victoria, British Columbia graticule is located at latitude 48, longitude -123. It encompasses the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island (including Victoria, Duncan, Sidney, Sooke, and part of Ladysmith), roughly one third of the San Juan islands, most of the Southern Gulf Islands (including Salt Spring Island, Saturna Island, Galiano Island and Pender Island) and part of the northern coast of the Olympic Peninsula (including Port Angeles and Sequim).
As a result, a good number of geohashes have landed in the ocean or the US. Consideration has been given to forming a marathon canoeing club. Canoe polo would also be appreciated.
According to Land usage, the chance for your hash to fall into one of the following areas is:
50.66% Water 44.98% Fields 3.98% Natural reserves 0.29% Settlements 0.05% Highways 0.04% Roads
Participants
- Tweek
- Naturalnumber - Occasionally
- Halfling Rogue - when she has
a bus passthe means and the time. Can be bothered on LiveJournal. - tarpman - up for anything that can be reached with a Victoria bus pass. Needs email notification due to lack of Facebook.
- HarlequinsDad - Visiting from the Seattle graticule when it is possible.
- Elbie - visiting from Vancouver
- Wenslayer - new to Geohashing.
- Jrade - new, but excited, and will happily drive anywhere on-island, as well as go kayaking, if strictly necessary.
Notable Dates
- 2009-06-22: Wenslayer comes within 8m of reaching a point just off shore in Cole Bay off the Saanich Peninsula.
- 2009-06-13: Newcomer Wenslayer attempts to reach a point within the William Head Correctional Facility (minimum security prison), and is convincingly thwarted.
- 2009-05-23: Five Vancouver graticule natives celebrated Geohashing Day on Salt Spring Island.
- 2009-04-25: Elbie biked over 90 km in a day to get kicked off a golf course. Dino and Cooki also attended, bringing the count to a record three hashers on a Saturday.
- 2008-11-08: HarlequinsDad drove from Seattle as part of a two-hashpoint day.
- 2008-08-16: thepiguy biked 170km in a day to gaze out over the hash point.
- 2008-07-28: Robyn reached a geohash at Point Roberts, the first reported in the graticule.
Other Geohashes Here
For a list and photo gallery of all geohashes attempted in this graticule, see Category:Meetup in 48 -123.
