2010-08-29 51 4

Sun 29 Aug 2010 in 51,4: 51.9542821, 4.1512477 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

In the cold deep waters of the Rotterdam harbor.

Participants

Fred and Mr. Pi. Our first geohashing adventure!

Plans

We didn't really plan on geohashing in advance, but after we woke up well into the day, we decided we wanted to go outside somewhere. The torrential rains and storm winds were just a tad too much to go for long walks however. After a bit of brainstorming without getting anywhere, we decided to look if maybe this geohashing thing was something to do.

The hash for today was located right in the waters of the mouth of the port of Rotterdam, so it was obvious that failure was imminent. We decided to try to get as close as possible anyway, because it was quite an interesting location for several reasons:

• The mouth of the river is divided in two. The lower part is the harbor are, with a huge amount of petrochemical industry, while the upper part is the river leading towards Rotterdam. Our 'nearest location' was on the seperating strip of land between the two, which should make for great views.
• The hash was located very close to the south door of the Maeslantkering storm surge barrier. This consists of two Eiffel tower shaped and sized metal doors which can be floated into the river when a storm threatens the land. Incidentally, we visited the storm surge (the visitor center is located at the northern door) when our relation was just a few weeks old. So it made for some sweet memories.