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5-22-08 - Awesome, it's at someone's house, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=38.972874%C2%B0,+-77.238697%C2%B0&ie=UTF8&ll=38.973027,-77.23891&spn=0.001456,0.002511&t=h&z=19 looks like quite a big house too] | 5-22-08 - Awesome, it's at someone's house, [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=38.972874%C2%B0,+-77.238697%C2%B0&ie=UTF8&ll=38.973027,-77.23891&spn=0.001456,0.002511&t=h&z=19 looks like quite a big house too] | ||
| − | 5-25-08 - A promising location at a private residence in McLean. | + | 5-25-08 - A promising location at a private residence in McLean. (Interesting fact: you are about 1000ft from the headquarters of the world's largest candy company (Mars Inc), yet probably never realized it. Their headquarters is an unmarked 2-story brick building on Elm St.) |
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Revision as of 17:56, 26 May 2008
Today's Locations: [Washington, DC (West)] [Washington, DC (East)]
The 76th West Meridian crosses directly through the District of Columbia, the city has two graticules, located at latitude 38, longitudes -77 and -76.
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Neighboring Graticules
| Cumberland, MD | Frederick, MD | Baltimore, MD | Philadelphia, PA (South) |
| Shenandoah Valley, VA | Washington (West), District of Columbia | Salisbury, MD | |
| Appomattox, VA | Richmond, VA | Newport News, VA | - |
Areas within West Graticule
- All of NW and SW DC
- NE and SE DC west of 5th St [N|S]E / Catholic University
- Bethesda and Takoma Park, MD
- Nearly all of Northern Virginia proper including all of Arlington and Alexandria and at least most of Fairfax and Prince William
- The "peak" of Loudoun (Leesburg, Ashburn) is not included. Most of Reston is included. Much of Sterling is not.
- The Virginia I-95 corridor most of the way to Richmond, including Prince William County, Fredericksburg, and Quantico.
- Bits of Southern Maryland west of La Plata and Waldorf are also included.
Areas within East Graticule
- Most of NE, SE DC
- Part of Prince George's county
- Charles, St. Mary's, Anne Arundel, and Calvert counties
- Talbot, Queen Anne's, and Dorchester counties
- Chesapeake Bay
Local Geohashers
- Thomas lives in this area, and plans to attend the meetup in whichever local graticule is most convenient on Saturday.
- Colin also is a resident of this area and plans to attend on Saturday (May 24).
- Steve and Lynette currently live in the Eastern Washington graticule, but are moving to the Western in two weeks, and will attend whichever meetup is most convenient whenever they are able.
- Dan technically lives in the very bottom of the Frederick graticule, but will be attending meetups in this graticule when it's more convenient (gas is expensive!).
- Brian's mother has a house on Kent Island, which would be ideal to visit on a day like today
- Justin also lives in the Fairfax area, and will attend when able - like Dan said, gas is expensive!
(2008-05-22).
Notable Activities
- Dan is a big fan of Go, and is planning on bringing his portable set to meetups.
Recent Locations
5-22-08 - Awesome, it's at someone's house, looks like quite a big house too
5-25-08 - A promising location at a private residence in McLean. (Interesting fact: you are about 1000ft from the headquarters of the world's largest candy company (Mars Inc), yet probably never realized it. Their headquarters is an unmarked 2-story brick building on Elm St.)
