2009-06-30 50 11

Today's 50 11 geohash is located on the Autobahn A9 south of the Hermsdorfer Kreuz between the exits to Triptis and Dittersdorf. According to google satellite view it is located on the left lane going south, according to google maps it is more on the northbound lanes.

Reinhard

I intended to visit Manu in Leipzig today and had to use the motorways A4 and A9 anyway, which would make me crossing the Hermsdorfer Kreuz. It wasn't too far south to this geohash and I was even more interested to go there, when I saw here, that there would be a speed limit of 100 or 130 km/h at the interesting section, which wasn't very likely, because at most parts of the A9 there is no speed limit which would make getting the speed racer achievement impossible. To make this expedition not too usesless, I decided to start a bike trip near the exit Dittersdorf, where I had to turn around.

So after work I started from Jena and headed south towards Munich from the Hermsdorfer Kreuz. Not missing the hash, going exactly 130 km/h and taking some useful pictures was a bit tricky, but I think I was successful. After parking the car in Plothen I made a short but nice bike trip of 38 km which helped collecting further GPS tracks (with elevation profile) for the quaeldich.de trip planner project. Then I countinued my trip to Leipzig taking another picture near the hash on one of the northbound lanes.

You can find the GPS track here. It looks like I've "missed" the hash by 6 m going south and 8 m going north, which I'd consider as being within GPS accuracy.

Photo Gallery
Changing onto A9 at the Hermsdorfer Kreuz.
Going south, not far from the hashpoint, already speed-limited.
The last speed limit signs. Drive 130!
A bit before arriving the hashpoint (blue flag) and a bit slow - damn cars in front.
A bit behind the hashpoint. Accelerated to 135 km/h according to the car speedometer (129 says GPS).
Think my bike computer liked average and maximum speed - HOORAY for Deutschland-Autobahn!
At the river Saale in Ziegenrück - a nice place to be.
Going north through the hashpoint. Again quite accurate at 130 km/h. (Speed limit changed right there from 130 to 100 km/h.