Difference between revisions of "2008-05-30"

Revision as of 22:50, 13 June 2008

Expedition Archives from May 2008

Thursday 29 May 2008 | Friday 30 May 2008 | Saturday 31 May 2008

See also: Category:Meetup on 2008-05-30

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.8531025811716042, 0.2446021959360299
East of -30°: 0.3227205387098275, 0.7045834347042035

Note: The above coordinates are indeed correct. The coordinates for west of -30° were originally disputed due to an error in the reference implementation fetching Dow data for Friday 30 May. If you still have concerns, direct them to Template talk:Expeditions/2008-05-31.

Expeditions

2008-05-30 Helsinki, Finland - Successfully reached by isani at approximately 15.30. A beautiful forested area next to a road and a lake. A patch of wild flowers and summer cottages nearby.
2008-05-30 Melbourne, FL - Sadly, the error from the map tool has struck and we once again find that our location is many miles offshore. At least Sunday looks to be in (or near) a swamp!
2008-05-30 Munich, Germany - zb went and tried to get there around 8:30p. Got drenched in rain and got drenched again from the wet leaves and branches in the forest while trying to find the spot. Missed it by about 100 m. Nice long bike ride, but no luck in findig the location. No one else seems to have been stupid enough to go in this kind of weather.
2008-05-30 Providence, RI - Unsuccessfully attempted by Patrick. Located in private property off Route 44 in Rehoboth, MA.
2008-05-30 Singapore - Successfully reached by r0d3n7z at approximately 17:00 SGT. Couldn't gain access to the secured compound, but managed to get pretty close.
2008-05-30 Atlanta, GA - Conveniently located at the end of a road to an office park. Successfully reached around 23:30 EDT. Took pictures.
2008-05-30 San Francisco, CA - The nearest point not on private property was reached and photographed by Relsqui at 7:00pm PDT.
2008-05-30 Denver, Colorado - Mike made it to the location after 9pm. Quite a journey! Took more than 2 hours and involved trains.

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+=== Coordinates ===
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+West of -30°: 0.8531025811716042, 0.2446021959360299
+East of -30°: 0.3227205387098275, 0.7045834347042035
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+{{note|
+'''The above coordinates are indeed correct.'''  The coordinates for west of -30° were originally disputed due to an error in the [http://www.xkcd.com/geohashing/ reference implementation] fetching Dow data for Friday 30 May.  If you still have concerns, direct them to [[Template talk:Expeditions/2008-05-31]].
+}}
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+=== Expeditions ===
+* [[Helsinki, Finland|2008-05-30 Helsinki, Finland]] - Successfully reached by [[User:isani|isani]] at approximately 15.30. A beautiful forested area next to a road and a lake. A patch of wild flowers and summer cottages nearby.
-== Locations (Alphabetical) ==
+* [[Melbourne, Florida|2008-05-30 Melbourne, FL]] - Sadly, the error from the map tool has struck and we once again find that our location is many miles offshore.  At least Sunday looks to be in (or near) a swamp!
-* [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] - In Shrewsbury off I290 in some woods behind Lupine Circle. - See [[2008-05-30_42_-71|here]].
+* [[2008-05-30_48_11|2008-05-30 Munich, Germany]] - [[user:zb|zb]] went and tried to get there around 8:30p. Got drenched in rain and got drenched again from the wet leaves and branches in the forest while trying to find the spot. Missed it by about 100 m. Nice long bike ride, but no luck in findig the location. No one else seems to have been stupid enough to go in this kind of weather.
-* [[Brussels, Belgium]] - The [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-30&lat=50&long=4&zoom=15&abs=1 geohash] lies on the outskirts of the town of Graux, on the edge of a farmfield, just of the Rue du Poirier Saint-Etienne. It seems reachable enough, but it's quite far from where I reside. Perhaps some of our Walloon friends can make the trip.
+* [[2008-05-30_41_-71|2008-05-30 Providence, RI]] - Unsuccessfully attempted by [[User:Patrick|Patrick]]. Located in private property off Route 44 in Rehoboth, MA.
-* [[Munich, Germany]] - See [[2008-05-30_48_11|here]].
+* [[2008-05-30_1_103|2008-05-30 Singapore]] - Successfully reached by [[User:R0d3n7z|r0d3n7z]] at approximately 17:00 SGT. Couldn't gain access to the secured compound, but managed to get pretty close.
-* [[Singapore, Singapore|Singapore]] - Jurong Industrial Estate, across the AYE from [[wikipedia:Jurong BirdPark|Jurong BirdPark]]. To be precise, [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-30&lat=1&long=103&zoom=15&abs=1 inside Caterpillar Asia Pte Ltd], 7 Tractor Road, off Jln Boon Lay / Jln Ahmad Ibrahim. Should be easy: bus 194, 249, 251 or 252 from Boon Lay Interchange, plus a short walk.
+* [[2008-05-30_33_-84|2008-05-30 Atlanta, GA]] - Conveniently located at the end of a road to an office park.  Successfully reached around 23:30 EDT.  Took pictures.
+* [[2008-05-30_37_-122|2008-05-30 San Francisco, CA]] - The nearest point not on private property was reached and photographed by Relsqui at 7:00pm PDT.
+* [[2008-05-30_39_-105|2008-05-30 Denver, Colorado]] - '''Mike''' made it to the location after 9pm.  Quite a journey!  Took more than 2 hours and involved trains.