2012-09-24 47 -122
| Mon 24 Sep 2012 in Seattle: 47.6304091, -122.0137938 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
On the shoulder of 244th Ave NE in Sammammish, south of Redmond-Fall City road.
Participants
Expedition
An American Football game in town (Monday Night) means leaving work early to beat the traffic... why not geohash on the way home? Okay, this wasn't on the way home, but it was worth attempting regardless. Aerial photos (which can be wrong) showed it to be on the road, and directly across from the gate of a house according to the Eye View of the Bing Bird.
A simple drive got me to the neighborhood. The driveway of the house in question was very short before the gate, and after one attempt to park there I pulled across the street. Good idea for another reason - either the satellites wanted the geohash to be across the street or the maps were wrong. I did not consult iPhone Maps for a second opinion - I wanted to stay out of the ocean.
Fortunately, the spot was found to be on the edge of the road. Unfortunately, it was under the trees. On the gate side of the road the tree cover was reduced, so I lined up with good signal and then trudged across the road. Message below sent after one run - by the time the message was uploaded, I had drifted from the spot due to lack of signal. Alas.
- A lot of traffic here! Reached spot; pictures later. -- Thomcat @47.6304,-122.0140 15:37, 24 September 2012 (PDT)
I then tried a photo, and the droid locked up completely. This is the second time this has happened, I am guessing the microSD is giving protest after nearly 3 years of use. So I restarted and headed out, taking the local toll bridge on the way home for speed.
- Post-geohash chocolate shake for the traffic home. -- Thomcat @47.6422,-122.1989 15:56, 24 September 2012 (PDT)
Photos
The spot, under trees
The spot, seen from across the road
A gate on the house across the road
Ah, shake!
