Difference between revisions of "London West, United Kingdom"
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[[Image:LondonWest.png|thumb|300px|West London graticule]] | [[Image:LondonWest.png|thumb|300px|West London graticule]] | ||
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| + | |nw=[[Birmingham East / Leicester / Coventry, United Kingdom|Birmingham East]] | ||
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The [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=51&long=-1&zoom=8&abs=1 graticule in London West] contains the City, West End, and many western boroughs. It also extends as far as Slough and Reading to the west, Luton to the north, and Crawley to the south. | The [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=51&long=-1&zoom=8&abs=1 graticule in London West] contains the City, West End, and many western boroughs. It also extends as far as Slough and Reading to the west, Luton to the north, and Crawley to the south. | ||
Revision as of 21:47, 23 May 2008
| Birmingham East | Northampton | Cambridge |
| Swindon | London West | London East |
| Southampton | - | - |
File:LondonWest.png
West London graticule
The graticule in London West contains the City, West End, and many western boroughs. It also extends as far as Slough and Reading to the west, Luton to the north, and Crawley to the south.
The graticule has boundaries from 52° to 51° latitude, and -1° to 0° longitude. When following the XKCD geohashing algorithm, append the fractional hash part to 51° latitude and -0° longitude. Note the use of negative zero.
Saturday meet-up locations
- 2008-05-24 - Location: 51.1266480113970560°, -0.5475331240942810° (XKCD map)
The nearest village is Dunsfold, a mile away to the south-west; however, it seems to be a pretty small village. The point is in a small wood; streetmap.co.uk shows a path going to the exact point!
