User:Joris
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Revision as of 19:25, 17 August 2008 by imported>Joris (2008-08-16)
I live in graticule 52 4: Noord West Nederland. My home is near the corner of the graticule, so locations in Zuid west Nederland / Antwerpen or Midden Nederland will occasionally be closer. I don't use a positioning device. Instead, I look up the location on a map and plan my route before leaving.
My plan is to go to the Saturday locations whenever possible, provided they are not too far away, and reachable by bicycle, and the weather is decent, and I have no other obligations.
Geohashes accomplished
- I attended the very first meeting (2008-05-24 52 4, near Hazerswoude). This has so far been the only expedition on which I met other Geohashers.
- On 2008-06-21, I visited graticule Zuid west Nederland / Antwerpen. It seems I just missed meeting up with Azijn, who also reached the location but left early.
- On 2008-07-19, the hash function led me to a meadow just outside the village Kamerik.
- 2008-07-20: The location coincided with an official youth meeting point, signposted and everything. This was a Sunday, so no meeting.
- 2008-08-02: In a meadow somewhere between Waverveen and Uithoorn.
- 2008-08-09 52 5: I visited graticule Midden Nederland to reach the meeting point in De Meern.
- 2008-08-15 (Friday): In someone's back yard in Wassenaar. I thought it a bit rude to march into the back yard, so I stayed on the road at ~30m from the point.
- 2008-08-16: In Park Groenendaal in Heemstede. A very nice place, just on the edge of a pool and surrounded by trees.
At exactly 16:00, two other guys came marching to the location, staring intently at a handheld device. I said hi. They said hi and continued looking at the handheld device. I said: "Hey, I think this is the right place". They looked at me like I was talking in an alien language, looked at the handheld device and marched on, leaving the location. The lesson I learned from this is that people play many different games involving handheld devices, and I should not assume that random people are playing the same game as me.
