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After looking at the bus routes on the route planner, I also realized that I hadn't crossed my own path while coming to work, so I could attempt the [[Tron achievement]].  (As I understand it, stopping in a building and crossing my path while inside doesn't count.)  I'd already walked right past the nearest bus stop, though, so I had to make a small detour through the woods to another stop.
 
After looking at the bus routes on the route planner, I also realized that I hadn't crossed my own path while coming to work, so I could attempt the [[Tron achievement]].  (As I understand it, stopping in a building and crossing my path while inside doesn't count.)  I'd already walked right past the nearest bus stop, though, so I had to make a small detour through the woods to another stop.
  
Finding the actual hashpoint wasn't particularly difficult, even from memory.  I looked for signs of any earlier visitors (didn't spot any), wrote "XKCD" in the snow and took some pictures.  Didn't remember to make a [[Snowman Geohash|snowman]], though.  On the way back, I took a tram to the city center, stopped to buy some groceries and took another bus home.  For a final twist, I dozed off in the bus and ended up missing my stop.  I wasn't sure if taking another bus back along the same road would be enough to disqualify me from the Tron achievement, so I decided to walk home along some small footpaths instead, which would've been quite pleasant if I hadn't been carrying a ridiculously heavy bag of groceries along.
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Finding the actual hashpoint wasn't particularly difficult, even from memory.  I looked for signs of any earlier visitors (didn't spot any), wrote "XKCD" in the snow and took some pictures.  Didn't remember to make a [[Snowman Geohash|snowman]], though.  On the way back, I took a tram to the city center, stopped to buy some groceries and took another bus home.  For a final twist, I dozed off in the bus and ended up missing my stop.  I wasn't sure if taking another bus back along the same road would be enough to disqualify me from the Tron achievement, so I decided to walk home along some small footpaths instead, which would've been quite pleasant if I hadn't been carrying a ridiculously heavy bag of groceries with me.
  
 
I was hoping to get the [[Frozen Geohash]] achievement too, but I didn't have a thermometer with me, and the temperature recorded at the closest weather station at the time I visited the hashpoint was just around 0 °C, so I can't really be sure.
 
I was hoping to get the [[Frozen Geohash]] achievement too, but I didn't have a thermometer with me, and the temperature recorded at the closest weather station at the time I visited the hashpoint was just around 0 °C, so I can't really be sure.
  
 
== Photos ==  
 
== Photos ==  
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 1.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northwest along Minna Canthin katu on Google Street View
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 1.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northwest along Minna Canthin katu on Google Street View
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 2.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the south across the street crossing on Google Street View
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 2.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the south across the street crossing on Google Street View
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 3.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northeast across Nordenskiöldinkatu on Google Street View
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Street View screenshot 3.jpeg | Virtual view of the hashpoint from the northeast across Nordenskiöldinkatu on Google Street View
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 001.jpeg ‎| Heading towards the hashpoint on bus 506 <!-- will add rest of photos later -->
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 001.jpeg ‎| Heading towards the hashpoint on bus 506  
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 008.jpeg ‎| Walked past this nice Czech pub on the way to the hashpoint
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 009.jpeg ‎| Found the right street
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 014.jpeg ‎| There it is!
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 018.jpeg ‎| As far as I could determine from Google Maps, this "no parking" sign may have been situated just about on top of the hashpoint
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 025.jpeg ‎| A view from the other side
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 026.jpeg ‎| Left a mark in the snow for passers-by to wonder about
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 028.jpeg ‎| The buildings next to the hashpoint are apparently a part of [[wikipedia:Alvar Aalto|Finnish architectural history]]
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 032.jpeg ‎| Travel card reader in the tram, on the way from the hashpoint to the city center
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File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 photo 036.jpeg ‎| In bus 68, on the way back home
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Earth route screenshot.png | Reconstructed route, demonstrating Tron achievement
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Google Earth route screenshot.png | Reconstructed route, demonstrating Tron achievement
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Foreca weather Kaisaniemi.png | Temperature peaked at just barely above 0 &deg;C, so no frozen geohash
 
File:GeoHash 2013-01-08 60 24 Foreca weather Kaisaniemi.png | Temperature peaked at just barely above 0 &deg;C, so no frozen geohash
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Location

On the corner of Nordenskiöldinkatu and Minna Canthin katu in Töölö, Helsinki.

Participants

Expedition

Vyznev: This was my first geohash ever. I just happened to look at the geohashing wiki before leaving work, and saw that the hashpoint was on a street corner in central Helsinki, only a short bus ride away. I don't have a GPS, so I just looked up the location on Google Maps and Street View and memorized it.

After looking at the bus routes on the route planner, I also realized that I hadn't crossed my own path while coming to work, so I could attempt the Tron achievement. (As I understand it, stopping in a building and crossing my path while inside doesn't count.) I'd already walked right past the nearest bus stop, though, so I had to make a small detour through the woods to another stop.

Finding the actual hashpoint wasn't particularly difficult, even from memory. I looked for signs of any earlier visitors (didn't spot any), wrote "XKCD" in the snow and took some pictures. Didn't remember to make a snowman, though. On the way back, I took a tram to the city center, stopped to buy some groceries and took another bus home. For a final twist, I dozed off in the bus and ended up missing my stop. I wasn't sure if taking another bus back along the same road would be enough to disqualify me from the Tron achievement, so I decided to walk home along some small footpaths instead, which would've been quite pleasant if I hadn't been carrying a ridiculously heavy bag of groceries with me.

I was hoping to get the Frozen Geohash achievement too, but I didn't have a thermometer with me, and the temperature recorded at the closest weather station at the time I visited the hashpoint was just around 0 °C, so I can't really be sure.

Photos

Achievements

Landgeohash.png
Vyznev earned the Land geohash achievement
by reaching the (60, 24) geohash on 2013-01-08.
Compass.jpg
Vyznev earned the No Batteries Geohash Achievement
by reaching the (60, 24) geohash on 2013-01-08.
Bus.PNG
Vyznev earned the Public transport geohash achievement
by reaching the (60, 24) geohash on 2013-01-08 using public transit.
Lightcycle.png
Vyznev earned the Tron achievement
by reaching and returning from the (60, 24) geohash without crossing his own tracks on 2013-01-08.