Ambassador achievement
The Ambassador Geohasher achievement is granted to a Geohasher who gains permission to visit the exact location of a Geohash that is located within posted private property. Failure to be granted permission to visit the exact location is still cause for celebration with the No Trespassing Award.
Unauthorized access to private property is strictly forbidden, and is cause for nullification of all Ambassadorships.
The more piratical (or perhaps just less diplomatic/P.C.) among us sometimes refer to this as the "Master Trespasser" achievement. "No offense..." ;)
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Diplomatic passport
Every geohasher knows how it is: You're doing your first expedition in a region where people speak a strange language. The 6 ft 4 guard wants to see your authorization before giving you access to the hashpoint. On a Friday evening you drive by Saturday's meetup point and all you can see are a letterbox and a sign denying access.
You could easily give up now and settle for your tenth No Trespassing ribbon in a row. Or you could slowly open your bag and whip out the magic piece of paper: your diplomatic passport.
In short: This is a simple explanation for geohashing, give it to the property owners while asking for access (so they can read it in peace) or throw it in their letterbox on Friday to prepare them for Saturday's invasion.
- DE (deutsch / German)
- English: TO ALL NATIVE SPEAKERS: Please correct my mistakes and tell me the differences between British / American / Canadian / Australian ... English (miles vs. kilometers; humour vs. humor) so I can adjust the sheet accordingly. Look at the German version to see the layout. Danatar 13:23, 28 September 2008 (UTC) The text will be something like this:
- Dear Sir or Madam, for an adventure game a player would like to enter your property and is asking for your permission to do so. He / she will only take a few pictures and will leave after some minutes. No flowers or crops will be trampled, nor will trash be left behind. Thank you for your cooperation. Yours, the xkcd geohashing team.
- If you would like to know more, please read the following brief instruction or feel free to ask the player directly.
- Geohashing - basic rules: Geohashing is a spontaneous adventure game with the goal to visit random locations. It was invented by Randall Munroe from Boston, Massachusetts, author of the successful internet comic www.xkcd.com .
- How it works: Every day, coordinates are generated by combining the date and the current New York Stock Exchange's Dow Jones value. These coordinates are randomly placed in a rectangle the size of one degree latitude by one degree longitude (about 69 miles by 50-60 miles in the U.S.). The players' task is to visit these coordinates (which are accurate to about 10 square feet) on the same day and proof this (with a photo) to gain points.
- Extra points are awarded for e.g. biking a long way to reach the coordinates, wearing formal attire or reaching the coordinates at certain times of day (sunrise, midnight).
- Example: The map shows the region "n 42 / w 71", which includes Boston, MA. This region spans the coordinates 42° to 43° north, 71° to 72° west. The marker shows the coordinates for September 27th, 2008.
- Today's coordinates are placed on your property, the chance for this was less than 1 in 1,000,000.
- If you think that this game sounds interesting or if you (or somebody you know) would even like to participate, please visit our website at wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing . You will also find the report for today's expedition to your property there.
Disclaimer: As King Randall is not yet recognized by the United Nations, this document does not make you invulnerable. It's your fault, not ours, if you get yourself impaled on an illiterate hillbilly's pitchfork, shot by the guard's 4 ft 3 superior, eaten by aliens or bitten by the free-wheeling watchdog.
Winners
The following Geohashers have won this award, and have supplied proof.
I know that this achievement has been taken, so why are no names here?
- You could always check the Category:Ambassador Geohash Achievement. --Thomcat 13:53, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
