Difference between revisions of "2010-01-21 45 5"

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In a snow-covered field near Mannecy.

I had to go to Geneva for a interview that day. With the hash in 45,5 being about as close as it could get, it looked like a unique opportunity.

I did very little planning, apart from taking the GPS with me :o) I got the exact coordinates by SMS and entered them on the GPS while on the train.

Note for next time: bring sunglasses...

Crox earned the Formal attire achievement

by looking good at the (45, 5) geohash on 2010-01-21.

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 ==Expedition==
-Detailed report and more pictures will follow soon...
+I had to go to Geneva for a interview that day. With the hash in 45,5 being about as close as it could get, it looked like a unique opportunity.
+I did very little planning, apart from taking the GPS with me :o) I got the exact coordinates by [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Implementations#Text_Messaging_service_.28SMS_beta_test.29 SMS] and entered them on the GPS while on the train.
+Note for next time: bring sunglasses...
+== Photos ==
+<gallery perrow="4">
+Image:2010-01-21_45_5_snow_img_0238.jpg | The sun was drying up the snow.
+Image:2010-01-21_45_5_reached1_img_0239.jpg | Coordinates...
+Image:2010-01-21_45_5_reached2_img_0240.jpg | ... reached.
+Image:2010-01-21_45_5_hash_img_0246.jpg | The hash (you can see my traces in the snow)
+Image:2010-01-21_45_5_formal_img_0243.jpg | Formal attire achievement!
+</gallery>
+==Achievements==
+{{Virgin graticule
+    | latitude = 45
+    | longitude = 5
+    | date = 2010-01-21
+    | name = [[User:Crox|Crox]]
+}}
+{{Formal attire
+    | latitude = 45
+    | longitude = 5
+    | date = 2010-01-21
+    | name = [[User:Crox|Crox]]
+}}
 [[Category:Meetup on 2010-01-21]]


Thu 21 Jan 2010 in 45,5: 45.9842592, 5.9407693 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox