Geohashing-pl

xkcd comic #426 został opublikowany 21 maja 2008, zawiera algorytm, generujący każdego dnia losowe współrzędne na całym świecie.

Współrzędne te mogą być wykorzystywane jako cel wypraw, à la Geocaching. Mogą być także miejscem spotkania lokalnych geohasherów.

Choć często identyfikowany jako gra lub sport, geohashing nie służy konkurencji. Geohasherów motywuje wiele czynników: rozładowanie stresu zabawą, pragnienie wyjścia na zewnątrz, przygoda, szansa zawarcia nowych znajomości w swoim mieście i regionie, pretekst do zdobycia Squishy.

Geohashing can be used as a basis for other games. For example, geodashing could be adapted as a kind of race, within a single graticule or across multiple graticules (in the same time zone), to be the first to reach the geohash.

Also, as evidenced by the photos of many expeditions, geohashers like to add flavor to their adventures, either through costuming, bringing games to the meetups, or performing stunts for the amusement of those who read the accounts of their expeditions.

Events or difficulties that merit special attention often earn achievements, many of which include "ribbon" templates to commemorate the event. Ribbons are often collected like merit badges, and are available for individuals as well as for groups of geohashers active in the same graticule.

For more information, see the main page.

Geohashing vs. geocaching

Ways in which geohashing is similar to geocaching:

Both are GPS-based pursuits
Both are inherently social
Finding a cache or reaching a hash can be either competitive or cooperative

Ways in which geohashing is different from geocaching

There is usually no physical object/container to find
The goal is a location
The goal is only active for a day (geocaches are active for years)
The secondary goal is to meet/interact other geohashers
The archive of geohashing expeditions is the wiki, (as opposed to a log usually stored at the cache)
There is only one geohash in a graticule (compared to one geocache every few square miles in some areas of the US)