2009-08-29 52 13

Sat 29 Aug 2009 in 52,13: 52.6278569, 13.9720826 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

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Location

The big Berlin meet-up, geohashers from across the world are joining us on this expedition. 29/8 is also the 25th Lange Nacht der Museen (English: Long Night of the Museums).

There are two meetings planned for the day:

• 15:00 at the official hashpoint.
• later near Ostkreuz for everyone to join in.

See the plans below.

Participants

Confirmed

• davidc (+ 1-3) (local)
• lyx (local)
• relet (local)
• thepiguy, Srs0 and Danatar (49,9)
• phoenix, with high probability (local)
• pari (local)
• dawidi (49,12)
• Ekorren (48,9) (will arrive earlier and try to stay for a few more days. Would appreciate accomodation offers for after the meetup)
• Jerrome (local) plus one drag-along
• JUB
• Hessophanes

Tentative

• Hiro (local)
• Trurl - depends.

Running Total and milestones

• 11 confirmed - 22 people possibly
• Largest geohash, officially proven: 26
• Largest geohash, actual presence: 38
• Just a nice number in between: 42
• Migrati^WCPilgrimage geohash: 50

Plans

• The original date poll on Doodle
• The Facebook event

To explore strange new places; to seek out new games and new achievements; to boldly go where no hasher has gone before... and be the first graticule to get the Migration Geohash (come on, fifty isn't that much! And more than 26 should be even easier...)

Plans are nearly settled. The hashpoint is quite far out, so to make sure we all get to meet, we'll be having two meetings, one at the actual hashpoint, and one later in a more central location to get to know everyone and have fun and beer.

The Real Hash

Official Meeting: 15:00 at 52.6278569, 13.9720826.

You can make your own way there, or join us in these plans:

1. 12:30 meeting in front of Hauptbahnhof at 52.52593,13.369079 - look for people in red xkcd geohashing shirts.
2. Purchase ABC tickets.
3. 12:45 take S5 towards Strausberg. Others from different parts of the city can join us along this route: see the timetable; we'll be at the front of the train. (We're opting for a slightly earlier train to avoid the risk of missing the bus, which only runs every two hours).
4. 13:38 arrive Strausberg.
5. 14:05 take Bus 927 towards Wriezen Bahnhof.
6. 14:28 Disembark at Prötzel Forsthaus
7. Walk to hash, a few hundred metres.
8. 15:00 official hash time
9. 15:29 take Bus 927 towards Strausberg.
10. 15:50 arrive Strausberg.
11. 16:06 take S5.
12. 16:42 arrive Ostkreuz.
13. (16:58 arrives Hauptbahnhof).

The Big Meet

Final decision: Cafe Oranium, corner of Oranienburger Strasse and Tucholskystrasse ... NOW! (19:30 CEST)

For those not going to the main hash, join us for the big meet, starting at UNKNOWN TIME SEE BELOW outside Ostkreuz station at 52.504318,13.467905. Leave your name here though, so we know to look out for you. We haven't decided where to go on to, so write down one of these numbers so you can call us.

Expedition

Live Notes

• Just got the train at Berlin-Hauptbahnhof. 9 Geohashers on their way to new lands. :) --pari 11:09, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
• Bad news: our bus to Prötzel is not going. We will be brought to Strausberg Nord which is about half way and walk from there (7km). --pari 12:25, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
• Our bus was cancelled due to raptor attack. Currently proceeding to hash on foot, ETA 1600. Return time for later meet not yet known, will update later. --davidc 12:27, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
• 14:45 CDT We set out walking from Strausberg Nord. 6.5km to go!
• 15:15 CDT Hessophanes calls to ask where we are and then kindly ferries us walkers to the hash.
• 15:25 CDT First of the walkers arrive, coordinates reached!
• We are at the hash! *yay* On the way we met Hessophanes who took us there with his car. Meetup in Berlin will be later as we lost some time. We will report an exact time when everybody has arrived. --pari 13:35, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
• Geocache GC1XWDV "Geohashing Migration 2009" was placed and stocked with travel bugs and cursed coin #7
• 16:45 CDT We leave the hash.
• We're shuttling back to Strausberg now and should be at ostkreuZ circa 1830 --davidc 14:53, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
• A decision! Cafe Oranium, corner of Oranienburger Strasse and Tucholskystrasse, whenever we get there, probably circa 1930 --davidc 15:56, 29 August 2009 (UTC)

Ribbons

davidc earned the Abduction achievement by abducting dawidi from the (52, 13) geohash on 2009-08-29.