Difference between revisions of "Helgoland, Germany"
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== About == | == About == | ||
− | The Helgoland [[graticule]] is at [http:// | + | The Helgoland [[graticule]] is at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=54&long=7&abs=1 latitude 54, longitude 7]. With the only landmasses being two islands totaling about 4.2 km², the odds of a hash being in the sea are overwhelming. The graticule's area is distributed as follows: |
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99.98% Water | 99.98% Water |
Revision as of 16:29, 13 January 2012
North Sea | North Sea | Esbjerg, Denmark |
North Sea | Helgoland | Tønder, Denmark |
Groningen, Netherlands | Emden | Bremen |
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About
The Helgoland graticule is at latitude 54, longitude 7. With the only landmasses being two islands totaling about 4.2 km², the odds of a hash being in the sea are overwhelming. The graticule's area is distributed as follows:
99.98% Water 0.02% Land
Statistically, a geohash in this graticule falls on land rougly once in 14 years, meaning one land geohash from the inception of the game through 2020.
Previous hash locations
- On 2008-05-21 (the first day of geohashing), the hash was about 1.050 meters off the western shore.
- On 2008-09-18 the geohash was about 50 meters off the eastern shore of Helgoland, between the two islands.