User:Thomcat

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Revision as of 00:10, 10 June 2012 by imported>Thomcat (Expeditions: All ninjas accounted for - unless there's one lurking on my phone camera)
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Thom is an umpire and a programmer, devoted husband and father of two, bicycling Seattle resident and beer drinker. He plays war games and role playing games, both face to face and through email. If he's not doing any of those things on a given weekend, you might find him traveling the North American continent or reading a book.

My current GPS is an Android phone and yes, that's a little hula Lilo on the dashboard of my 2001 Focus Wagon. My plan is to try to visit hashes between 3 and 5, and I nearly always have a game or two with me. If I can only get close, I use Chris Michels page to tell me just how close.

Known Geohashers

Geohashers I've met face to face. If I've got you wrong, please correct!

Marcy, SparroHawc, Nukewaste, Jack, Sparkamusprime, SalusaSecondus, Leoger, AaronStJ, Girlstyle, Christian, Mike, Andrew, HarlequinsDad, Harlequin, Ssov, Robyn, Danatar, dawidi, ekorren, Tomcat, Hans, Jhon, Danny, ColinMacLeod and son, Traveller, OtherJack, Michael5000 and Niece #4

Geohashers whose meeting with me contained a mis-matched time coordinate

Denouement, Stalefries, and Litho.

Expeditions

overall geohash stats: 94 attempted, 74 successful, 1 unknown. Notes on achievements listed inline, ribbons on a separate page.

Arrow2.png 2012-06-06 38 -77 First successful geohash in the District of Columbia.
Arrow2.png 2012-04-01 47 -122 View Ridge Park, along the right field line of the baseball field.
Arrow4.png 2012-02-27 49 11 German geohash falls on private property.
Arrow2.png 2011-12-13 47 -122 A subway I've been to many times.
Arrow2.png 2011-09-27 47 -122 On the track at Skyview Jr High in Bothell.
Arrow4.png 2011-08-12 47 -122 In the back yard, photo taken of the front.
Arrow2.png 2011-07-19 48 -122 Right on the road, and almost on the way to Canada.
Arrow2.png 2011-05-10 47 -122 On the grounds of the Seattle Times North Creek plant.
Arrow2.png 2011-02-27 48 13 In a forest close to Weißenstein with its nice castle ruin.
Arrow4.png 2011-01-27 47 -122 Emergency vehicle turnaround off I-405 -- occupied by the law.
Arrow2.png 2010-10-27 47 -122 Fred Meyer parking lot in Lynnwood; first use of GeohashDroid.
Arrow2.png 2010-10-13 47 -122 Near the road, near Maltby.
Arrow2.png 2010-08-29 45 -120 Tri-cities graticule but the middle of nowhere.
Arrow2.png 2010-08-29 45 -119 Permission granted to find the geohash on corporate farmland.
Arrow4.png 2010-08-27 46 -120 Reservation land near Yakima.
Arrow2.png 2010-08-04 47 -122 A traffic circle in West Seattle, then on to the beach!
Arrow2.png 2010-06-30 47 -122 Across the street from Shoreline Covenant preschool.
Arrow2.png 2010-02-25 47 -122 Near Bastyr University in Juanita, off a conveniently located trail!
Arrow2.png 2010-02-10 47 -122 At a Jiffy Lube in Bellevue, right by the sign.
Arrow2.png 2009-12-18 47 -122 Sunset geohash near North Seattle Friends Church.
Arrow2.png 2009-12-16 47 -122 Damp geohash off Meridian near the county line.
Arrow2.png 2009-11-02 47 -122 Biked to a driveway near Greenlake.
Arrow4.png 2009-08-15 47 -122 Met Jhon and Danny at Leschi on 16 August, where we gazed at the retrohash.
Arrow2.png 2010-08-10 47 -122 Business park near Marymoor Park in Redmond
 ? 2009-08-02 47 -122 In the brambles (aka greenspace) behind a house near Newcastle.
Arrow2.png 2009-08-02 47 -117 Behind an unfinished house near Mica/Freeman/Valleyford.
Arrow2.png 2009-07-31 47 -120 A HOT field near the town of Trinidad, Wenatchee Graticule
Arrow2.png 2009-07-27 47 -122 The side of the road in the south of Seattle.
Arrow2.png 2009-07-20 47 -122 Carpool lane speed racer just south of Seattle.
Arrow2.png 2009-07-08 47 -122 Another retention pond, another housing development.
Arrow2.png 2009-07-05 47 -118 9.5 km east of Davenport, a virgin graticule.
Arrow4.png 2009-06-18 48 -121 Railroad tracks near Darrington.
Arrow2.png 2009-05-01 47 -122 House for sale, geohash in back yard - former orchard.
Arrow2.png 2009-04-27 47 -122 A front porch just south of Woodland Park Zoo, at sunrise.
Arrow2.png 2009-04-19 47 -122 An apartment complex roughly 5 km from my house.
Arrow2.png 2009-02-22 51 10 Near a small town in former East Germany, and a Virgin graticule conquered!
Arrow2.png 2009-02-11 47 -122 Near Patterson creek, off Union Hill Road between Redmond and Fall City.
Arrow2.png 2009-02-06 47 -122 Speed racer down I-405 near Totem Lake.
Arrow2.png 2009-02-03 47 -122 Open space next to Blackman's Lake, northwest of Snohomish.
Arrow2.png 2009-01-22 47 -122 Central Ballard, in the middle of NW 60th street, and near a slushee vendor.
Arrow2.png 2009-01-17 47 -122 A house near Auburn and Green River CC.
Arrow2.png 2009-01-13 47 -122 Twin Ponds park in North Seattle, just off I-5.
Arrow2.png 2009-01-10 47 -122 A gazebo in a south Mukilteo park. Geoflashing at sunrise.
Arrow2.png 2008-12-06 47 -122 Just north of Northgate in north Seattle.
Arrow2.png 2008-12-03 47 -122 Sunset at Hidden Valley acres near Lake Tapps.
Arrow2.png 2008-12-02 47 -122 North Fremont, a block from the troll.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-30 47 -122 Near Montlake, in a bike lane on the Seattle Marathon course.
Arrow4.png 2008-11-28 47 -117 Airway heights private property.
Arrow4.png 2008-11-27 47 -116 Private property just south of Post Falls.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-25 48 -122 Marysville; hash and a haircut - 128 bits.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-24 47 -122 Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-23 47 -122 A Sunday at Farrel-McWhirter park.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-10 47 -122 A near repeat of 2008-09-01 47 -122.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-05 47 -122 Magnolia, on the shore of the ship canal.
Arrow2.png 2008-11-04 47 -122 South Snohomish, the home field of the Cascade Model Helicopter Club.
Arrow2.png 2008-10-19 47 -122 A parking lot adjacent to Ingersol Rand, south of downtown Seattle.
Arrow4.png 2008-10-13 47 -121 South of Lake Joy, near Carnation and Duvall.
Arrow4.png 2008-10-12 47 -120 A field near the town of Monitor.
Arrow2.png 2008-10-11 48 -122 Just west of Arlington, right off the highway.
Arrow2.png 2008-10-10 47 -122 Just off a 4WD trail in the Tahuya forest near Belfair.
Arrow2.png 2008-10-09 48 -122 Another street, near Marysville this time.
Arrow2.png 2008-10-08 47 -122 Sunset geohash on residential street in Fircrest, and the start of a Consecutive Geohash.
Arrow4.png 2008-10-02 47 -122 A ravine by a freeway offramp; Alternate: First Thursday in October meetup.
Arrow2.png 2008-10-01 47 -122 An almost sunrise geohash in Bothell, 3.2 miles from work.
Arrow2.png 2008-09-27 47 -122 Southern portion of Whidbey Island, near a park.
Arrow2.png 2008-09-24 47 -122 The front of a house in Bothell, less than 3 miles from work, and the only geohash that day!
Arrow4.png 2008-09-23 47 -122 A not-so-public triangle near White Center.
Arrow4.png 2008-09-04 47 -122 Thick forested property near Lord Hill.
Arrow2.png 2008-09-01 47 -122 A neighborhood park in near Sahallee.
> 2008-08-30 47 -122 Alternate: PAX expo meetup.
Arrow4.png 2008-08-29 47 -122 A not-quite-vertical drop from the North Meadow.
> 2008-08-28 47 -122 Alternate: Hot Fuzz on the Pedestal.
Arrow2.png 2008-08-27 48 -122 Smith Island in Steamboat Slough near Everett.
Arrow2.png 2008-08-20 47 -122 East of Everett, Near the NE corner of my graticule.
Arrow2.png 2008-08-13 47 -122 South of Tacoma in a greenspace.
Arrow2.png 2008-08-09 46 -119 Near hills named The Butte and Jump Off Joe. Second part of a Multihash.
Arrow2.png 2008-08-09 47 -119 Just off I-90 near Moses Lake - exactly 200 miles from home.
Arrow2.png 2008-08-08 47 -121 Farmer's field near Carnation.
> 2008-08-07 47 -122 Alternate: First Thursday in August meetup.
Arrow2.png 2008-07-30 47 -122 Late night Speed Racer achievement.
Arrow4.png 2008-07-26 47 -122 Saturday meetup in the park, hashpoint nearby up a hill, near piles of trash.
Arrow4.png 2008-07-25 47 -122 Nobody home; geohash in the backyard.
Arrow4.png 2008-07-24 47 -122 Failed to cross a river or slough to this isolated point.
Arrow4.png 2008-07-19 48 -121 No Trespassing in North Cascades.
Arrow2.png 2008-07-17 47 -122 Easiest geohash thus far, right on the path of a public greenspace in Silver Lake.
Arrow2.png 2008-07-09 47 -122 A pleasant greenspace near Pine Lake.
> 2008-07-03 47 -122 Alternate: First Thursday in July meetup.
Arrow2.png 2008-06-30 47 -122 Private property, near a pool, in the Brier neighborhood of North Seattle.
Arrow2.png 2008-06-28 47 -122 Rode my bicycle to Fremont, a block south of the visible Hales Pub, where we also did some Phonebooth Stuffing.
Arrow2.png 2008-06-27 47 -122 Medina South Park (no, I didn't see Cartman). My son was yet again the Drag-along, and I was in my Tux.
Arrow2.png 2008-06-24 47 -121 Up a 'no-vehicle' horse trail and within some brambles. MNIMB!
Arrow2.png 2008-06-20 47 -122 Mill Creek residential neighborhood, and a sunny day (somewhat unusual for Seattle).
Arrow2.png 2008-06-19 47 -121 Second Snoqualmie attempt in a week, this one is just off Highway 2 near Gold Bar.
Arrow4.png 2008-06-15 47 -121 Just off I-90 at 436th street; was unfortunately on private (and inaccessible) property.
Arrow2.png 2008-06-13 47 -122 A driveway in south Bellevue (or Factoria), just off I-90.
Arrow4.png 2008-06-12 47 -122 Just blocks from Cosmo's Deli, where the kids and I had lunch. Got as close as I could without a machete - thanks Mother Nature.
Arrow2.png 2008-06-07 47 -122 Located in the back yard of a private property, but the accommodating owner agreed to allow a picnic and a game of Twister. I was the First Geohasher to arrive.
Arrow2.png 2008-05-29 47 -122 A rural road near Cedar Mountain; a gravel truck was just dumping a new road surface while I was there.
Arrow2.png 2008-05-23 47 -117 A farmer's field near Tyler in the Spokane graticule

Wiki

I used to edit the Geohash wiki mercilessly. Now I have no time. If you care to dig it up, the history of this page has some of the things I did. I heartily support those who keep up the good work!

Washington (state)

A map of all Washington Graticules and First geohashers (the latter out of date). Actual graticule is linked behind the Washington place name if different.

48, -124
Neah Bay
48, -123
Port Angeles

Robyn
48, -122
Bellingham

Thomcat
48, -121
North Cascades

Robyn
48, -120
Lake Chelan
48, -119
Omak
48, -118
Kettle Falls
48, -117
Colville
47, -124
Forks
47, -123
Olympic

HarlequinsDad
47, -122
Seattle

Marcy
47, -121
Snoqualmie

Thomcat
47, -120
Wenatchee

PBnJ
47, -119
Moses Lake

Thomcat
47, -118
Davenport

Thomcat
47, -117
Spokane

Thomcat
46, -124
Ocean Shores
46, -123
Aberdeen
46, -122
Mt St Helens

New User
46, -121
Mt Rainier
46, -120
Yakima
46, -119
Tri Cities

Thomcat
46, -118
Walla Walla
46, -117
Pullman
46, -116
Rogersburg
45, -122
Vancouver

unknown...
45, -121
White Salmon
45, -120
Goldendale
45, -119
Crow Butte

Purchases

Besides vehicle fuel and the occasionally ferry fare, I have made a few purchases related to geohashing. They are

  • Thermometer - digital readout, in case "cold" is ever an option.
  • Machete - official army variety. I don't want Mother Nature to stop me from a conscutive geohash this weekend.
  • Sidewalk chalk - for those urban geohashes, something to mark the location and occasion.
  • Inflatable boat (at a garage sale - hope it doesn't leak!)

Important Locations

Origin

Scotland

Today

Today's Seattle and Globalhash locations.