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[[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]] | [[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]] | ||
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| + | [[2008-05-21 54 -2|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. | ||
[[Chicago]] -- The coordinates are in a farm field to the northeast of Bourbonnais, IL | [[Chicago]] -- The coordinates are in a farm field to the northeast of Bourbonnais, IL | ||
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[[Portland]] -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR. | [[Portland]] -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR. | ||
| − | [[2008-05-21 | + | [[Rochester, New York]] -- [[2008-05-21 43 -77]] |
[[San Jose, California]] -- The coordinates are in the mountains of Santa Cruz - [[2008-05-21 37 -121]] | [[San Jose, California]] -- The coordinates are in the mountains of Santa Cruz - [[2008-05-21 37 -121]] | ||
Revision as of 08:52, 22 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
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.
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.
Rochester, New York -- 2008-05-21 43 -77
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.
