2012-01-17 40 -74

Tue 17 Jan 2012 in 40,-74: 40.6468859, -74.5028887 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

The median strip of I-78 in Warren, NJ

Participants

Well, thousands of people, really. Just not Jevanyn, that day.

Plans

Some days, I take I-78 on my commute to work. That day, however, Kyukket (with whom I now carpool) needed to make a side trip in the opposite direction, so I-78 was too far out of the way.

I had some free time the next night out, which would be "Internet Black-out Wednesday".

Expedition

• My intention was to travel the stretch of I-78 where the geohash was. With no median-side shoulder to park the car on, my safer option was only to do a Speed Racer drive-by, and take a picture of the dashboard as I passed. I was alongside a tractor-trailer when I got close to the geohash, and had only 0.1mi resolution on when to take the picture.

• A day and a few second late :-). It is left as an exercise for the student to determine how much sooner I should have taken the photo, to be within 100ft or 10m. -- Jevanyn @40.5730,-74.6028 06:40, 19 January 2012 (EST)

• Yes, my "check engine" light is on. GM apparently builds cars on the unix model, where whenever there is a problem, it displays nothing but a big question mark, and it is up to an experienced driver to determine the problem.

Photos

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  @40.6468,-74.5054

Achievements

• Speed Racer and Deja Vu, although I already have those ribbons.

Jevanyn earned the Day Late, Dollar Short Consolation Prize by Visiting a geohash the day after it was valid (40, -74) geohash on 2012-01-17.