2009-08-30 51 -1

Sun 30 Aug 2009 in 51,-1: 51.0775160, -1.3233754 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

CUBICLE GEOHASH!! Barton Farm, Winchester

Participants

• Sermoa
• Macronencer - REALLY don't want to miss this! The first ever cubicle geohash? Count me in. At work that day, but will try hard to make it for 4pm.
• DavidMiller
• Mapaholic

Plans

Sermoa: OH MY WORD! Would you believe it, that is where i work! It's on Barton Farm, in the car park of my office! I am away with my parents in 51,0 this weekend but i will do my best to get back for 4pm for such a special geohash. Mike thinks i might be the first person ever to claim the cubicle geohash!

... and to those who say it doesn't count because it's in the car park ... here's proof that i sometimes work outside! That is just metres from the actual geohash spot as it appears on google maps. with some accurate gps equipment we'll soon discover just how close it is! That photo also doubles up as proof that i've been there before! :)

Expedition

Sermoa's trip

I had the added excitement that i had to get back from Essex in order to get to this very special geohash! I managed to get the 12:00 train, getting back to Winchester at 14:43, giving me enough time to go home and prepare some stuff, also meaning that i qualify for the Walk geohash. (Yes, i walk to work, lucky me!)

I set out again to make my usual walk to work, so funny knowing that i was actually walking to a geohash! I got there at 15:50, by which time Mike and David were already there. I marvelled at the wonder of geohashing that had directed them both to my exact place of work without me having to give them directions at all!

After a little scuffle through the hedges (we thought initially it might be the other side) we found the point, or at least to within 1 metre of it. It was right at the corner of the car park, as we thought, and i have found photographic evidence of me working at the picnic bench with the hash point in sight! Cubicle geohash win? I think so! Or at least the closest so far! Somebody might still beat it yet, if it actually lands right on their office, but i claim the cubicle hash to within 6 metres.

Mapaholic arrived at about 16:10. We did the obligatory photos and videographical evidence. I recorded a little geohashing tutorial, which i'm hoping Mike will upload later. Then we set about the really important stuff: cake, fruit, crisps, drinks, chocolate, music ... office party!! My immense gratitude to Chris, owner of Eden Development for allowing us to use the office for a party! Chris would have come, but was out in the New Forest today.

I was wondering how to leave a marker of the event, and David had the excellent idea of printing and laminating a poster and stapling it to the telegraph pole. Which we did, and which worked very well! :D

Every geohash is different, and every one is fun for unique reasons. This was the first one where we've been able to go indoors, use the internet, have a proper picnic/party. It was, surprisingly enough, my first geohash in my home graticule(!?) and the first one i've walked to.

Proof of the cubicle geohash

There are videos to come, but this photo shows me working about 6 metres away from the geohash. It was taken 4 months ago by Chris, my boss, and the original can be found at http://yfrog.com/4o8a2j. I have lightened the image and annotated it.

This image also proves that i have been there before, clearly! The bench has since been moved to the other side of the office which is why you won't see it in today's photos.

I have actually sat on the grass and worked about 3 metres away from the geohash on occasions, but you'll have to take my word for that ...!

Gallery

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  Coordinates reached! We were aiming for N51°4.6509, W1°19.4025 and we got to within 1 metre!

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  A close up of my google pin, now with added "Actual Size" sticker!

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  Chuck and Monica looking pretty miserable at the geohash!

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  Not a great shot, but it shows the location of the geohash in reference to the telegraph pole.

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  The geohash in reference to my office.

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  The poster we left on the telegraph pole, yay!

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  A photo of a photo of a photo of the photo on the poster on the telegraph pole! Reminds us of the Infinite Cat Project!

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  Party in full-swing inside The Granary!

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  Mapaholic, Macronencer and DavidMiller discussing something extremely serious. We brought the google pin inside to avoid it getting rained on.

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  I found a good use for the whiteboard! A little geohashing tutorial!

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  The geohash as we left it. I'm looking forward to coming back and seeing that poster on the pole, hopefully for a long time to come!