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'''The sport of [[Geohashing]] officially launched with the release of [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426] on 21 May 2008.''' | '''The sport of [[Geohashing]] officially launched with the release of [[xkcd]] [http://www.xkcd.com/426/ comic #426] on 21 May 2008.''' | ||
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[[Blacksburg, Virginia]] -- The coordinates reside in a farm off of VA-42 near Dismal Falls. | [[Blacksburg, Virginia]] -- The coordinates reside in a farm off of VA-42 near Dismal Falls. | ||
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[[Seattle]] -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia. | [[Seattle]] -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia. | ||
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[[User:xkcd]] will attempt to be the first to reach these coordinates in Boston. | [[User:xkcd]] will attempt to be the first to reach these coordinates in Boston. | ||
[[User:zigdon]] will be heading to the coordinate in San Fransisco Eastern Bay area. | [[User:zigdon]] will be heading to the coordinate in San Fransisco Eastern Bay area. | ||
Revision as of 23:05, 13 June 2008
Expedition Archives from May 2008
Tuesday 20 May 2008 | Wednesday 21 May 2008 | Thursday 22 May 2008
See also: Category:Meetup on 2008-05-21
Coordinates
0.17946799469778313, 0.8615360124576236
The sport of Geohashing officially launched with the release of xkcd comic #426 on 21 May 2008.
Expeditions
Blacksburg, Virginia -- The coordinates reside in a farm off of VA-42 near Dismal Falls.
Boston -- The coordinates are in a wooded area to the south of Washington Street (Route 20) near Prospect Street in Auburn, MA. - 2008-05-21 42 -71
Chicago -- The coordinates are in a farm field to the northeast of Bourbonnais, IL
Houston, Texas -- The coordinates are at the center of the North face of a trapezoidal arrangement of trees, as far from major towns and highways as it is possible to get in this graticule
Los Angeles, California -- The coordinates are at the intersection of Thousand Oaks Blvd. and the southbound CA 23 offramp in Thousand Oaks, CA.
Portland -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR.
Carlisle, United Kingdom -- The coordinates are in the sands of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. Closest safe location is a beach near a caravan park outside Silverdale.
San Jose, California -- The coordinates are in the mountains of Santa Cruz - 2008-05-21 37 -121
Seattle -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia.
Plans
User:xkcd will attempt to be the first to reach these coordinates in Boston.
User:zigdon will be heading to the coordinate in San Fransisco Eastern Bay area.
