Difference between revisions of "Moscow, Russia"
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| + | This graticule covers the part of Russia from 55° to 56° latitude, and from 37° to 38° longitude. It contains the city of Moscow, which is so large that if you wait for only a few days, you are likely to get a geohash within the Moscow Automobile Ring Road. Such geohash is usually easy to rich either by car or by Metro. Of course, it is important to check that the geohash does not land on a building; however, since Moscow is not covered by a single giant building<sup>[''[http://wiki.xkcd.com/irc/Emad citation needed]'']</sup>, this issue does not cause much inconvenience. | ||
* [[2012-04-08 55 37|2012-04-08]]: [[User:January First-of-May|January First-of-May]] visited the intersection of Rizhskiy Proyezd (Riga Driveway) and road #5467. | * [[2012-04-08 55 37|2012-04-08]]: [[User:January First-of-May|January First-of-May]] visited the intersection of Rizhskiy Proyezd (Riga Driveway) and road #5467. | ||
Revision as of 18:31, 6 June 2016
| Klin | Pushkino | Sergiyev Posad |
| Obninsk | Moscow | Kolomna |
| Kaluga | Tula | Novomoskovsk |
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Today's location: geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox | ||
The Area
This graticule covers the part of Russia from 55° to 56° latitude, and from 37° to 38° longitude. It contains the city of Moscow, which is so large that if you wait for only a few days, you are likely to get a geohash within the Moscow Automobile Ring Road. Such geohash is usually easy to rich either by car or by Metro. Of course, it is important to check that the geohash does not land on a building; however, since Moscow is not covered by a single giant building[citation needed], this issue does not cause much inconvenience.
- 2012-04-08: January First-of-May visited the intersection of Rizhskiy Proyezd (Riga Driveway) and road #5467.
- 2012-08-28: vb visited Kur'yanovo - a bit isolated residential area squeezed between waste water processing plant and a railroad.
- 2012-09-01: vb visited a road near Khovanskoye Cemetery just off the Moscow city limits.
- 2012-09-08: vb visited a sidewalk in residential area in Timiryazevsky District of Moscow.
- 2012-09-13: vb visited the border between Izmaylovsky Park and something else.
- 2013-02-20: Московская правда visited a spot on the Moscow-Minsk highway near Odintsovo.
- 2013-02-21 55 38: Московская правда is contemplating the first attempt of the Kolomna, Russia graticule.
