User:10d100h
17 / m / 38,-122Currently living in the south of the Santa Rosa, California (38, -122) graticule. Used to live in Tampa, Florida (27, -82), and might do some intermediate stays in Weatherford, Oklahoma (35, -98).
It must've been around September 2023 when I heard of geohashing, and of course I didn't understand it at first, but it's allowed me to finally understand world coordinates and I often imagine of going into the most nowheres with this. It also got me to look at maps more times than I'd be willing to count.
2025-01-19: moved to 38,-122
(status & updates)
Expeditions
2025-02-08 38 -122 Rector Reservoir Trail, Yountville, CA
2024-12-30 28 -82 Northwest Equestrian Park, Citrus Park, FL
2024-12-24 28 -82 Some sort of parcel, Wesley Chapel, FL
2024-10-18 35 -97 In a crop field, Union City, OK
2024-09-15 27 -81 Next to a tree, Lakeland, FL
Other things
/Standards - or: maybe I should bike next time
Goals
Like everyone else, I dream... and like everyone else, maybe a bit too much.
- All US states + DC (3/51) - definitely possible, but might prove difficult in Texas (so many fences), Alaska, and Hawaii (going out of my way to get lucky)
- All EU members (27) - or, discovering if 3 months is amazing enough. Language barriers are the main issue; some countries like Croatia (landmines) might prove harsher
- Alternatively, all CoE members (46) - this one is not likely as it requires additional language scripts, microstates[1], and more of the volatile east
- All Canadian provinces and territories (13) - yes, good luck with NWT and Nunavut[2] :)
- Globalhash - just because it's a label of prestige
- A full globetrotter - this, too
- Graticule hopper (4/100)
- Centurion (1/100)
- A consecutive of longer than a week - it's probably hard to keep up at that point
- In Falls Church, VA; the Kentucky Bend; Kalawao County, HI (closed to non-residents)
- Get there with an interesting vehicle - short list: ATV, tractor, golf cart, ...
Useful in geohashing
† Assuming you have mapping/GIS software
- Graticule outlines file (as shapefile .zip) from Natural Earth Data† - if you want to get an idea of how graticules cover large regions (or you want to look at your graticule). Use the 1 degree link unless you want to divide France by the prime meridian. Accurate to within .0009-.0012 degrees latitude, .0009 degrees longitude (the "10M" version doesn't help).
US only
Most of these are present in OSM as well, so use these if you have to make things brighter.
- Census boundary files† - for counties (including not-counties), subdivisions thereof, metro areas, and other things, all in shapefile for national maps or KML for state maps. Useful for Regional and Reverse regional along with the graticule lines above, or if you like to be too specific when inputting the location for your expedition report.
- Census TIGER/Line boundary files† - basically, an alternative version of the above. Has many of the same feature groups, but includes additional things useful for planning, such as military installations, tribal land, "urban areas" (a more specific/proper definition of a metro area), railroads, and, if you're that insane, census blocks. All files are in shapefile .zip.
