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| + | ==The Location== |
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| − | | date=2008-05-31
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| − | ==About==
| + | [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-06-03&lat=41&long=-72&zoom=10&abs=1 Map Coordinates] |
| − | [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.037487N%2C%2071.281266W 42.037487N, 71.281266W] | |
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| − | This hash is located in South Foxboro, MA in the [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]] graticle. The cache is in the woods bordered by Spruce St, West St, Daniels St, and I-495. Best access is probably through the empty field located at approximately 48 Spruce St.
| + | The site is located in Tauton, MA (albeit near the Norton border). It is just outside the border of Watson Pond State Park, and is adjacent to an industrial park. |
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| − | Nearby restaurants are listed [http://normandyfarms.com/things_helpful.htm?id=helpful#resturants here].
| + | ==The Geohash== |
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| − | Weather forecast for Foxborough, MA predicts [http://www.weather.com/weather/weekend/02035 afternoon thunderstorms, wind 20-30 mph].
| + | The hash site was successfully reached by bicycle around 4:30 PM by [User:Ben|Ben] and Grace. Ben hails from Providence, and met Grace at her Norton abode before setting out for the site. It turns out that the state park, while nice, did not provide straightforward access to the hash. We ended up finding an access road behind the neighboring industrial park that passed within 15 meters of the hash. We don't own a GPS receiver, so we estimated the location based on landmarks and Google Maps. I can state with confidence that we were within 10 meters of the hash. |
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| − | If the weather is bad, we'll probably retreat to a nearby food place and kick back around a table. However, I plan to bring kites. If the wind is strong and there's no lightning, I'm going to see about flying them from the field to the north. If anyone has a Canon camera from [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q._What_camera_models_are_supported_by_the_CHDK_program.3F this list], I would love to (nondestructively) mod it to do time-lapse and (perhaps destructively) fly it on a kite. If there is lightning, we'll have to create a Ben Franklin achievement.--[[User:Xkcd|Xkcd]] 14:32, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
| + | <gallery caption="Pix, Because It Did Happen" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3"> |
| − | | + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-01.jpg|Ben standing at the site, holding his, uh, "GPS unit". |
| − | NOTE: 48 Spruce St. and environs are Occupied Private Property (which, it should be noted, we are not down with).
| + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-02.jpg|Ben with a nearby warehouse in the background. The land in that direction is (presumably) privately owned. |
| − | | + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-03.jpg|A path into the state park, garnished with an awful lot of broken electronics and other trash. The rocks have the phrase "White Power" written on them in white spray paint. |
| − | ==Meetup==
| + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-04.jpg|Grace looking down the access road. To the right, the state park; to the left, corporate America. |
| − | Two independent groups of about a dozen each missed each other (and each others' signs) by a short time. We each went to separate fields. The 4:30 group went off to Mill St, and the 4:00 group did kite aerial photography at another field. The two groups met up at a Panera totally at random, unexpectedly; until then, they both thought they were the only ones. Pictures forthcoming!
| + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-05.jpg|Ben standing with his bike, which he rode to the site from his home in Providence, RI. |
| − | | + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-06.jpg|Grace standing with her bike, which she rode to the site from her home Norton, MA. This gets us each the [[Bicycle Geohash]] achievement, hoorah! |
| − | ==Group 1==
| + | Image:2008-06-03-41-71-07.jpg|Our little message to the world. |
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| − | <gallery caption="Group 1 Pictures" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3"> | |
| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-009.jpg|The location itself, or something close to it. xkcd marks the spot as found by [[User:kjones|kjones]] and friends. | |
| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-010.jpg|Proof that the Internet was, indeed, here. Unfortunately, we didn't think to leave instructions for latecomers, as they did for us.
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| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-001.jpg|Arriving in a field south of the location, we walked through a field, cautiously disregarding the NO TRESPASSING sign. We encountered two friendly natives (pictured above) hunting for wild asparagus. | |
| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-002.jpg|Local [[User:Glench|Glench]] took the group to a field in Wrentham, MA. | |
| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-003.jpg|At the field, there was a large mound.
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| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-004.jpg|Kite-flying ensued immediately. [[User:Xkcd|Randall]] brought two large kites and several other people brought small aerofoils.
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| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-005.jpg|One brave soul ([[User:Rmo25|rmo25]]) agreed to rig his camera to the kite in hopes of getting some aerial shots. (Despite one rough crash landing, the camera survived with minimal damage.) Thanks, rmo25!
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| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-006.jpg|Once the kitecam was up, we tried spelling out XKCD in people, the poor remains of the "d" shown above. We also attempted to spell out blog, but alas, Cory Doctorow, flying high above the blogosphere in his balloon, didn't capture us. | |
| − | Image:Still-1000368.jpg|Up we go...
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| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-007.png|Success! X marks the kcd. | |
| − | Image:2008-05-31-42--71-008.jpg|The "k" in xkcd. This is a frame from the video; unfortunately, the camera ran out of memory five seconds later. There was a "c" and a "d", too...
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | After kite-flying, the group headed to a Panera in Plainville, MA, where they met another group of late geohashers!
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| − | : I made [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIsypQxTZao a little montage] of the Group 1 kite flying adventures...--[[User:Rmo25|rmo25]]
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| − | :: Would the owner of the raw kite footage be willing to share? I'd like to mess around with it. --[[User:Kjones|Kjones]] 06:14, 1 June 2008 (UTC) | |
| − | ::: Sure! [http://eisentube.com/geohashing/ RAW FOOTAGE] (consume at your own risk) --[[User:Rmo25|rmo25]] 13:59, 1 June, 2008 (UTC)
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| − | :::: Warning: Said footage is not for the easily dizzied, nauseated, or vertigo'ed. I'll try and pull some good bits out, though. --[[User:Kjones|Kjones]] 16:21, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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| − | ==Group 2==
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| − | One geohasher ([[User:Ccomics88|Chris B]]) arrived at 4:20 from the RV campground to the north, and must have just missed the first group. He circled the location a few times looking for people (he didn't have a GPS) until 4:30, when five more hashers (Ben, JP, Beau, Greg/Mosher, and Joseph), who parked at Mill St. and walked toward the pond, arrived at the location, finding a flower at the hash. Those six met up with three more late hashers (Chris, Johanna, and Jed), and moved to the ballpark on Mill Street.
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| − | In total, there were nine geohashers in Group 2. At Mill Street, we sat around and talked and threw around a tennis ball. After a bit, the group decided to go out to eat. Beau and Chris B decided to leave the group and head home.
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| − | <gallery caption="Group 2 Pictures" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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| − | Image:May31geohash1 boston group2.png|Walking across the RV campground approaching the location of the hash.
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| − | Image:May31geohash2_boston_group2.png|The hash is approximately 300 feet in front of us, into the woods.
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| − | Image:May31geohash3_boston_group2.png|At the hash, we found a ladyslipper!
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| − | Image:May31geohash4.png|Ben made a map telling other hashers where we were. (We ended up putting up another better quality map 10 minutes later, when the other three hashers showed up. It directed hashers to the same location.)
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| − | Image:May31geohash7_boston_group2.png|Group 2 geohashers: Chris, Johanna, and Jed
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| − | Image:May31geohash8_boston_group2.png|Group 2 geohashers: Jed, JP, Greg/Mosher, and Beau
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| − | Image:May31geohash9_boston_group2.png|Group 2 geohashers: JP again (or half of him), Greg/Mosher, Beau, Ben, and part of Joseph
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| − | Image:May31geohash10_boston_group2.png|Group 2 geohashers: Beau, Ben, and Joseph
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| − | Image:May31geohash11 boston group2.png|Group 2 geohashers: [[User:Ccomics88|Chris B]] (The man behind the camera)
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| − | Image:May31geohash12 boston group2.png|Could this be a late geohasher!? Aww, it wasn't.
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==Earlier Recon Mission==
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| − | <gallery caption="Recon Pictures" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="3">
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| − | Image:Spruce_St_Field_No_trespassing.jpg|You Shall Not Pass!
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==Old Planning-related Stuff==
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| − | The following people are planning to attend the 4:00pm meetup:
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| − | *[[User:kjones|kjones]] and friends plan to attend.
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| − | *[[User:Xkcd|Randall]] and [[User:xxv|Steve]] (and [[User:Pinecone|Pinecone]] and Lauren) plan to attend. The plan is to reach the geohash and then go walking through the state forest.
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| − | *[[User:Bakemaster|Bake]] and friends plan to attend and bring... something.
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| − | *[[User:Esmooths|Eric]] plans to attend if the rain isn't too bad.
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| − | *[[User:Sully|Sully]] hopes to be there.
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| − | *[[User:peaceninja|Beau]] will be there, might bring bike to explore the forest
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| − | *[[User:CA|CA]] will almost certainly be there, rain or shine. If it does rain, though, are other people still going?
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| − | *[[User:Elevage|J.P.]] will not be square.
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| − | *[[User:Glench|Glench]] will be there.
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| − | The following people are '''not''' planning to attend the 4:00pm meetup:
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| − | *[[User:Sparkyb|Ben]] is unfortunately unable to make this week due to my sisters bday bbq on the cape. And this one was so close to where I grew up too. Waaah.*
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| − | *[[User:John|John]] will not be there due to the fact that it's all the way down there, and he's all the way up [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitchburg%2C_Massachusetts here].
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| − | The following people are somewhat ambiguous as to their plans regarding the 4:00pm meetup:
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| − | *[[User:Daktyls|Daktyls]] will attend if the cable guy has finished in time.
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| − | ==Other Expeditions==
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| − | Jose, attempting to access The Spot from the field on Spruce St. at 1:22pm encountered Residents and a No Trespassing sign.
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| − | dav0, Hi. I was out walking my dog in my sideyard today when three people (two young men and a young woman) show up in a black SUV asking permission to attend a "nerd convention" in the woods behind my house. They seemed harmlessly friendly enough, so I gave them directions down a path, around my shed, and down another path into the woods where they seemed to want to go. I warned them about the poison ivy, so don't blame me for any itchy side effects. I asked them how they found out about the "party" so that's how I ended up here. Interesting stuff. I'd be curious to find out whether these folks ever found what they were looking for. My address is 20 Birch Brush Road, Shrewsbury MA 01545, but the nearest GeoHashing meet-up location listed here would appear to be in Foxboro, MA, which is a good 45 minutes from here. What gives?
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| − | : Hi, we're in Foxboro. It sounds like the folks got some garbled coordinates for today and ended up out near your property. The rest of us were here in Foxboro -- we haven't heard from anyone in Shrewsbury, but you can keep an eye here. There will be pictures and stuff as the day goes on. --[[User:Xkcd|Xkcd]] 23:40, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
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| − | ::: Hello again, I registered, so I guess now I'm an official member. It's pouring rain now here in Shrewsbury, so hopefully you're having better weather in Foxboro today. I wish I took some pictures of the three lost campers who showed up at my house so I could post those too! :-) --[[User:Dav0|Dav0]] 23:51, 31 May 2008 (UTC) | |
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| − | So, I think that the map tool did give some different coordinates at some point Friday morning. When I first check what today's coordinates would be I believe I saw that point. I also checked the Cape Cod graticule since that's where I was today and it was on land (although not actually on the cape), but when I went back last night and checked it was out in the ocean. Did the DOW price get typed in wrong for a short time on the map's DOW database or something? --[[User:Sparkyb|Sparkyb]] 02:18, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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| − | : There was a problem -- it's discussed on the talk page somewhere. But on Friday morning the reference implementation gave some wrong coordinates for Saturday. It was fixed by Friday midafternoon, I think. --[[User:Xkcd|Xkcd]] 03:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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| − | OK, still no word from the three mystery guests who showed up for the nerd convention in the woods behind my house today. Fess up folks! (don't worry - I am only amused... see [http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/User_talk:Dav0] for more info. --[[User:Dav0|Dav0]] 03:10, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
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