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:: I was able to do a no batteries hash in Saanich using Google Maps print-outs. It's a bit inexact, but works on land. Pick a closeby landmark and use the map legend to determine its distance from the point. I then use my bike's odometer to measure it out. As for getting GPSes, you can find old ones on eBay for cheap (>20$), or head over to MEC to get one new (120$). Also, if you're doing it on a weekend, you can opt meet up with me or another hasher with a GPS. I hop over to your graticule on weekends fairly often. [[User:Elbie|- Elbie]] 19:36, 9 June 2009 (UTC) | :: I was able to do a no batteries hash in Saanich using Google Maps print-outs. It's a bit inexact, but works on land. Pick a closeby landmark and use the map legend to determine its distance from the point. I then use my bike's odometer to measure it out. As for getting GPSes, you can find old ones on eBay for cheap (>20$), or head over to MEC to get one new (120$). Also, if you're doing it on a weekend, you can opt meet up with me or another hasher with a GPS. I hop over to your graticule on weekends fairly often. [[User:Elbie|- Elbie]] 19:36, 9 June 2009 (UTC) | ||
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+ | Hehe! Your wiki page is less than a day old and you've already been mobbed by Vancouver! Glad to hear we finally have someone on the island! I already can't wait to get back to Canada to meet you! And don't let the lack of technology stop you, google maps are more than accurate enough. I bought my GPS on sale at London Drugs for really cheap, and geohashing really doesn't require anything fancy. Looking forward to your first expedition report! [[User:Thepiguy|Thepiguy]] 22:18, 9 June 2009 (UTC) |
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Welcome to the area!
Greetings! It's nice to see another Western BC geohasher. - Elbie 18:56, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- Wenslayer, fabulous. Do you have a bicycle? Vancouver geohashers come to your graticule all the time. SO cool to have a local there. There have been some excellent Victoria geohashers. Too bad you weren't active a few weeks ago when you could have joined us for Geohashing Day! -Robyn 19:12, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the nice welcome, Elbie & Robyn -- I've read a few of your adventures, and yes, it's unfortunate I didn't join up a month earlier. Yes, I have a (road) bike, but no kayak :-). Oh, and no GPS (yet) -- any advice? Weekend hashes will be the easiest for me to pursue since I work full time. --Wenslayer 19:29, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- I was able to do a no batteries hash in Saanich using Google Maps print-outs. It's a bit inexact, but works on land. Pick a closeby landmark and use the map legend to determine its distance from the point. I then use my bike's odometer to measure it out. As for getting GPSes, you can find old ones on eBay for cheap (>20$), or head over to MEC to get one new (120$). Also, if you're doing it on a weekend, you can opt meet up with me or another hasher with a GPS. I hop over to your graticule on weekends fairly often. - Elbie 19:36, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Hehe! Your wiki page is less than a day old and you've already been mobbed by Vancouver! Glad to hear we finally have someone on the island! I already can't wait to get back to Canada to meet you! And don't let the lack of technology stop you, google maps are more than accurate enough. I bought my GPS on sale at London Drugs for really cheap, and geohashing really doesn't require anything fancy. Looking forward to your first expedition report! Thepiguy 22:18, 9 June 2009 (UTC)