Difference between revisions of "Champaign/Urbana, Illinois"
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The 40,-88 graticule contains all of Champaign-Urbana, part of Bloomington and Normal, and several other smaller towns in Illinois.
Official Meetup
In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 40,-88 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.
Graticule History
On Friday, October 12th, 2007, at 7:45pm, XKCD author Randall Munroe gave a talk at 40.1139,-88.2211 for the ACM Reflections Projections Conference at the University of Illinois (citation). The talk was about "his experiences drawing xkcd and playing with kites." A video of this talk is available online.
External Links
- Official Geohashing Coordinate Calculator - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 10:30am Central).
- Official Atom feed for 40,-88
