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21 Jun 08 - [[User:N76lima|N76Lima]], ([[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] resident) will attempt the hash site (N32°58.759', W86°36.8377') for Saturday.  Going before lunch, since it is on my way from Birmingham to Montgomery.  A picture, if I make it!
 
21 Jun 08 - [[User:N76lima|N76Lima]], ([[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] resident) will attempt the hash site (N32°58.759', W86°36.8377') for Saturday.  Going before lunch, since it is on my way from Birmingham to Montgomery.  A picture, if I make it!
  
Got close.  From Highway 145, I was able to get the correct Latitude, but the Longitude was off by a couple hundred feet into VERY dense forest, and beyond the ditch I could see a fence, so it was someone's fenced land.
 
  
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[[Image:21Jun08GPS.jpg|left|thumbnail|Got close.  From Highway 145, I was able to get the correct Latitude, but the Longitude was off by a couple hundred feet into VERY dense forest, and beyond the ditch I could see a fence, so it was someone's fenced land.]]
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== Local Geohashers ==
 
== Local Geohashers ==

Revision as of 04:00, 24 June 2008

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The Montgomery graticule is at latitude 32, longitude -86. The graticule contains all of the greater Montgomery metropolitan area. In addition, it extends northeastward to the outskirts of Alexander City, AL, north to Jemison, AL, and west to the outskirts of Selma, AL.


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21 Jun 08 - N76Lima, (Birmingham resident) will attempt the hash site (N32°58.759', W86°36.8377') for Saturday. Going before lunch, since it is on my way from Birmingham to Montgomery. A picture, if I make it!


Got close. From Highway 145, I was able to get the correct Latitude, but the Longitude was off by a couple hundred feet into VERY dense forest, and beyond the ditch I could see a fence, so it was someone's fenced land.


Local Geohashers