Talk:Earliest geohasher achievement

Perhaps I'm being dense, but are you required to arrive before 4pm? What do you mean about arriving before midnight? You mean on the previous day? Juventas 04:34, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

That's right, the previous day. For example, it is the 22nd of the month and you have the coordinates for a geohash on the 23rd. (Maybe it's Friday, maybe you're in Asia.) You want to make sure you are the first. If you show up at 11:30 pm on the 22nd, plant a flag and leave, you do not score First Geohasher. If you show up at 11:30pm on the 22nd, and wait, and more people turn up at 11:59 pm then you're all there before midnight and no one scores First Geohasher. If you show up at 11:30 pm on the 22nd, and wait until more people show up at 12:01 on the 23rd, then you were there before them on the correct day, and so you score First Geohasher. Or, more likely, you turn up at 3:15 pm on the 23rd and there's no evidence of anyone else until 4:06 pm and you welcome them to the geohash and score first geohasher.

It's not a very difficult award to get in most graticules. I personally have decided that I don't score it until I see someone arrive after me, so I don't think "only" geohasher qualified. YMMV. -Robyn 04:59, 28 August 2008 (UTC)