2008-05-21

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Revision as of 10:37, 24 May 2008 by imported>Gissehel (This look like the right place to put fact that 426 was posted on that day...)

The coordinates for this date are:

 0.17946799469778313, 0.8615360124576236

The sport of Geohashing officially launched with the release of xkcd comic #426 on May 21, 2008.

Coordinates

Blacksburg, Virginia -- The coordinates reside in a farm off of VA-42 near Dismal Falls.

Boston -- The coordinates are in a wooded area to the south of Washington Street (Route 20) near Prospect Street in Auburn, MA. - 2008-05-21 42 -71

Chicago -- The coordinates are in a farm field to the northeast of Bourbonnais, IL

East Bay, California -- The coordinates are in the mountains of Santa Cruz - 2008-05-21 37 -121

Houston, Texas -- The coordinates are at the center of the North face of a trapezoidal arrangement of trees, as far from major towns and highways as it is possible to get in this graticule

Los Angeles, California -- The coordinates are at the intersection of Thousand Oaks Blvd. and the southbound CA 23 offramp in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Portland -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR.

Carlisle, United Kingdom -- The coordinates are in the sands of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. Closest safe location is a beach near a caravan park outside Silverdale. 2008-05-21 54 -2.

Seattle -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia.

Plans

User:xkcd will attempt to be the first to reach these coordinates in Boston.

User:zigdon will be heading to the coordinate in San Fransisco Eastern Bay area.