2009-06-28 50 -1
Sun 28 Jun 2009 in Southampton: 50.9102060, -1.3062207 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
Right in the middle of Hedge End recreation ground! Plenty of space to play, pubs and cafes and shops nearby. A perfect geohash!
Participants
- User:Sermoa
- User:Macronencer - possibly - if the weather is good
Details
1.9 mile walk from Hedge End train station
2.4 mile walk from Botley train station
Bluestar 3 bus goes from Southampton to Hedge End.
Close to the M27.
How the location is calculated
It's a combination of the date, the Dow Jones stock market data, an encryption algorithm, and a translation to geographic coordinates. We use 50, -1 to find the closest Geohash location to us, and look it up on a Google map to see where it falls. Quite often it's in the English Channel, or a field in the middle of nowhere. When it falls in a convenient place, such as Hedge End recreation ground, it's quite fun to go there to see if anyone else has come to the same place for the same reason!