Surrey, British Columbia
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The Surrey, BC graticule is at latitude 49, longitude -122. It encompasses the eastern half of Metro Vancouver (including all of the Tri-Cities, New Westminster, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, North Delta, Surrey and Langley; most of Burnaby; and part of North Vancouver), and extends east through the Fraser Valley past Abbotsford.
The northern half of this graticule falls largely within Golden Ears and Garibaldi Provincial Parks.
The graticule is bounded by Whistler to the north, Chilliwack to the east, Bellingham, WA to the south, and Vancouver to the west.
Link to the graticule on the coordinate calculator
Many participants at Surrey geohashes are from Vancouver, so be sure to check both pages if you're visiting the area and looking for a meetup.
Contents
Participants
- HollyB
- Gavitron - quite possibly
- Toddalert - quite possibly
- Jakke
- Naturalnumber - Occasionally
- Alex4Life
- MegaHurtz
- Deba - When I can
- Queerasmoi - when this graticule works better than Vancouver's
- Osmie - from time to time
- thepiguy - From Vancouver, but you guys have less water.
- Robyn - What Queerasmoi and thepiguy said.
- Straylight - Another Vancouverite.
- plannedrefusal - Whenever I can make it
Upcoming Dates
For discussion of upcoming event(s), please use the discussion page or the actual event page(s)!
Transit Links
Expeditions
- Monday 2009-04-13 - A public transit ambassador geohash by Robyn and Rhonda.
- Saturday 2009-03-28 - A scramble through brambles in Kanaka Creek park by Robyn.
- Friday 2009-03-27 - Easy rainy parking lot geohash by Robyn and Wade.
- Tuesday 2009-03-17 Robyn stopped by an array of No Trespassing signs, 330 m from the point, in a marsh.
- Saturday 2009-01-25 Wade and Robyn failed to reach coordinates in a dark, mostly frozen swamp.
- Friday 2009-01-02 Snowman transit geohash at 70A Ave and 152nd St. by Robyn.
- Saturday 2008-10-18 - On the grounds of a collections of prisons near the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. Attempted unsuccessfully by wmcduff.
- Friday, 2008-09-19 - On talk like a pirate day, near the corner of 79A Ave. & 133A St. in Surrey in a carport; visited by wmcduff with two friends (who wish to remain nameless) in the afternoon, then Robyn and Wade, who met the separately travelling thepiguy at a midnight geohash!
- Sunday, 2008-09-14 - Juventas and DigitalAngel made it to a forestry lot north of Haney.
- Saturday, 2008-08-23: In a backyard in White Rock. Visited by Straylight
- Saturday, 2008-07-05: In an elementary school playground in North Delta. Visited by Queerasmoi, Garyuuko, Jakke, and Jeremy. Visited shortly after by Robyn, by bicycle.
- Wednesday, 2008-06-04: In a parking lot at the southeast corner of the junction of King George and the Fraser Highway. Visited by Robyn.
- Saturday, 2008-05-31: The location is between two houses in Abbotsford. thepiguy and srs0 visited and met in a park nearby, with snacks and outdoor games.
- Saturday, 2008-05-24: First Saturday since geohashing comic. Just off the Trans-Canada in Langley and visited by a good crowd, pictured above.
Achievable, But Not Attended
Wasted opportunities.
- Saturday 2008-08-30 - In a field behind someone's home on Starr Road in northern Bradner. (Not visited).
- Wednesday, 2008-07-02: On Burnaby Mountain, right on the SFU campus. Eminently accessible. Queerasmoi and Robyn were in Burnaby watching a concert but didn't go.
- Monday, 2008-06-09: In White Rock, near the intersection of 20th ave and 156th street. No known visitors.
Notable Dates
- Friday, 2008-09-19 - Midnight Pirate Geohash, on Talk Like a Pirate Day.
- Saturday, 2008-05-24: First Saturday since geohashing comic, also first meetup for the graticule and a graticule record-setting eight geohashers.
