2008-06-15 37 -121

Sun 15 Jun 2008 in San Jose, California: 37.4753808, -121.7612767 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

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The San Jose meetup for this date appears to be in the Milpitas hills, right on the shoulder of one of the roads randomly snaking its way through said hills. Er... in theory, anyway. In one of Google Maps' views, there is an honest-to-gosh named road that one can traverse to the geohash location; try to get driving directions to the hash point, though, and you're given truncated instructions, aborted several miles short of the desired point in question. (Satellite evidence is available but inconclusive.) I'm willing to give it a go, though, assuming that there is nothing uber-scary en route likely to destroy the transmission of my low-slung vehicle of choice.

I'll probably try making my way towards the location sometime between late morning and mid-afternoon, depending on just how energetic I feel come morning. I'll give this page an eyeball beforehand, just in case someone wants to come with and have a go at things, carpool style. --Youhas 10:12, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

After looking at it from several angles (the hash is in roughly the same spot as last Wednesday, when I spent a bunch of time on GM, GE, Mapquest, etc), I'm fairly certain the "road" stops just past a house on Marsh Road, about two and a half miles as the crow flies from the target. Those two and a half miles include a ~1700 foot climb to get up into the hills. Should be fun, assuming no shotguns are present. There's an alternate approach possible if one is willing to hike a while (and get a backpacking permit) through EBMUD lands and the Sunol Regional Wilderness down to Camp Ohlone, which is just a mile or so away from the point (and already in the hills, well away from any vehicular traffic). Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to make it; but I'd love to hear from those who try! --Tapin 17:46, 15 June 2008 (UTC)