2009-01-31 33 -84

Sat 31 Jan 2009 in Atlanta: 33.9971020, -84.2379434 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

About

This was an extremely northern set of coordinates, only a matter of feet from the northern edge of the Atlanta graticule. The actual hashpoint was in a very nice man's front yard, under what he informed us was a tulip tree. This expedition was the first official xkcd meetup for the Atlanta graticule. Weather was around 50°F and sunny.

Expedition

Woodveil

We drove up to the hash a few minutes before 4:00 pm, and NWoodruff was already there. We exchanged the customary pleasantries and took photos at the hashpoint. After NWoodruff departed, we decided to drive over to the nearby Jones Bridge Park and explore. It was spectacular!

Jones Bridge.

The park's northern border is the Chattahoochee River, and the park is named for the historic Jones Bridge, which was one of the first bridges to span the river after its completion in 1904. The stretch of the Chattahoochee at the park was a few hundred feet across and very shallow, and there were a number of large rocks that protruded above the water enough to walk around on. We jumped around on the rocks for half an hour, interacting with the geese and exploring and taking pictures. We're also hoping for an extreme southern hashpoint in the Talking Rock graticule in the spring, so we can go back and wade around when the weather gets warmer. Another end of the park had the Jones Bridge, only half of which still remains. Apparently the other half was stolen in the '40s. Pretty cool stuff, and it made for a neat photo gallery. All in all, this expedition really served the original intentions of geohashing, to meet other people and explore new places. Yay.

Gallery

• Photo Gallery
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  Woodveil driving to the point.

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  Woodveil at the hashpoint.

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  GPS proof of location. It really was right where that tulip tree was planted.

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  Here is a picture of the Chattahoochee.

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  Nick on a rock, with geese.

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  And he never fell in.

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  Another shot, looking East.

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  Chris on some rocks.

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  When we come back in the spring, we can just walk around in the ankle deep water instead of jumping.

Achievements

NWoodruff and Woodveil‎ earned the Land geohash achievement by reaching the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-31.

NWoodruff and Woodveil earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting each other ‎ at the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-31.

NWoodruff earned the Earliest geohasher achievement by arriving first at the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-31.

NWoodruff and Woodveil earned the Ambassador achievement by obtaining permission to access the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-31.

NWoodruff earned the Drag-along achievement by reaching the (33, -84) geohash on 2009-01-31.

Woodveil earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 1 Saturday meetup.

NWoodruff earned the xkcd Nullaturion achievement by attending 6 Saturday meetups.