2009-10-13 48 8

Tue 13 Oct 2009 in 48,8: 48.9677558, 8.3931876 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In a field in Karlsruhe's suburb Rüppurr, population 10.000.

Participants

• Koepfel (afternoon)
• Fluxkompensator (late evening)

Plans

Since this hashpoint seemed easily accessible, both from the east from Rüppurr and from the north from Weiherfeld, I decided to try a tron geohash. I started planning two independent routes there and back on the city map and left my house at 15:00.

Report

Tron achievement was won, hashpoint was reached at 16:00, more to follow.

Here's the Tracklog (.gpx, .kmz, in Google Maps) of the complete expedition. The tracklog is off the road a couple of times, especially on the way home, when I rode between larger inner city houses. On the way there, the track even crosses itself once, when I had to stop abruptly at a traffic light. The GPS didn't realize I stopped and kept drawing the line halfway across the crossroads and then went back to where I was actually waiting. I can assure you, though, that I knew where I was going there and didn't cross my own path, as it's only like one kilometer from my house, so I should know the area,.

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  Karlsruhe's oversized town sign

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  Rüppurr Battstraße

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  A few more meters...

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  ...reached.

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  Biking home

(more pictures)

Koepfel earned the Tron achievement by reaching and returning from the (48, 8) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2009-10-13.