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Expedition Archives from June 2008

Saturday 31 May 2008 | Sunday 1 June 2008 | Monday 2 June 2008

See also: Category:Meetup on 2008-06-01

Coordinates

All locations: 0.3491079341188037, 0.9162389042702137

Expeditions

2008-06-01 North West Netherlands - Celebithil reached the hashpoint, which was located almost 1km from his house.
2008-06-01 Helsinki, Finland - Peldie, delsku and Wildmage spontaneously went for a geohash and reached the destination near an recycling plant. - Now with pictures!
2008-06-01 Sussex, New Brunswick - Booberfish drove within 25 metres on the highway at about 4 pm. In trying to get closer he found a lake, log cabins, and horses!
2008-06-01 Rhine Neckar Area, Germany - Nearly reached the spot
2008-06-01 Berlin, Germany - In the woods near Spreehagen; we plan to hit the spot at 4.
Batesville, MS - MS35 exit off I-55. It should be at the back of a gas station lot. I should be there between 2 and 3 pm, CDT.
2008-06-01 Canberra, Australia - 800m off Paddy's River Road, just past Pierces Creek. Psud, Kieran, Nemo, Joanna and Andi all made it out for a picnic amongst the pine trees and blackberry brambles, and invented the first Geohash Card Game
2008-06-01 Eindhoven, Nederland - Paul succesfully cycled to the hashpoint near Meijel.
2008-06-01 Hartford, CT - Quentin St, Hamden, CT. Residential neighborhood.
2008-06-01 Linköping, Sweden - Effbot et al almost got lost in the woods southeast of Linköping. [pics]
2008-06-01 Munich, Germany - successfully seen by BB at 1700h. Ate half a chicken.
2008-06-01 Pine Hill Reservoir, MA - The actual spot can't be reached, except by boat. It looks like a pretty area for a day hike.
2008-06-01 Providence, RI - SUCCESSFUL geohash made by Patrick - pics to come!
2008-06-01 San Jose, CA - Successfully reached by a disparate group of eleven geohashers, who then retired to a nearby Quizno's for dinner.
2008-06-01 Singapore - Inside Paya Lebar Airbase, near Kaki Bukit sand store. Good for a Restricted Area Geohash. r0d3n7z was doomed to fail, but tried anyway.
2008-06-01 Stockholm, Sweden Was successfully encircled by Bobbert (The exact spot was in the middle of a small lake)
2008-06-01 Sydney, Australia - Outside 12 Park Rd, Woonona.
2008-06-01 Ulsteinvik, Norway - Just off the road from Ulsteinvik to Hareid. AshleyMorton made it. Played solitaire. Read The Economist. See pictures on the event page.
Detroit, Michigan - In the middle of a field just north-west of Dexter, Michigan.
2008-06-01 Lac Leman, Switzerland - In the fields, reached by Kh and a friend.
2008-06-01 Exeter, United Kingdom - Accidentally got pretty close. See page for details.

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 * [[2008-06-01_49_8|2008-06-01 Rhine Neckar Area, Germany]] - Nearly reached the [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-01&lat=49&long=8&zoom=12&abs=1 spot]
 * [[2008-06-01_52_-13|2008-06-01 Berlin, Germany]] - In the [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-01&lat=52&long=13&zoom=12&abs=1 woods] near Spreehagen; we plan to hit the spot at 4.
-* [[2008-06-01_34_-89|2008-06-01 Batesville, MS]] - MS35 exit off I-55.  It should be at the back of a gas station lot.  I should be there between 2 and 3 pm, CDT.
+* [[Oxford, Mississippi|Batesville, MS]] - MS35 exit off I-55.  It should be at the back of a gas station lot.  I should be there between 2 and 3 pm, CDT.
 * [[2008-06-01_-35_148|2008-06-01 Canberra, Australia]] - 800m off Paddy's River Road, just past Pierces Creek. [[User:Psud|Psud]], [[User:Kieran|Kieran]], [[User:Nemo|Nemo]], [[User:Joannac|Joanna]] and Andi all made it out for a picnic amongst the pine trees and blackberry brambles, and invented the first [[Geohash Card Game]]
 * [[2008-06-01_51_5|2008-06-01 Eindhoven, Nederland]] - [[User:Paul|Paul]] succesfully cycled to the hashpoint near Meijel.