2015-09-27 40 -74
| Sun 27 Sep 2015 in 40,-74: 40.3563794, -74.1665555 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox |
Location
A field near BELL LABS
Participants
- OtherJack
- you?
Plans
Friday morning at work. The point looked too far away to attempt, deep in the wilds of New Jersey, but I zoomed in on the satellite picture out of curiosity. Wait, what's that perfect double-ellipse of roads and ponds a couple fields north of the hash, that looks like it landed from outer space? I zoomed in further and... "Bell Laboratories Rd"! Whoa! This is where modern electronics all got started with the transistor in the late 1940s, among other really important discoveries. A day later I realized I had to go there.
Consulting train schedules and bike maps, I decided it was feasible and legal to take my bike on NJ Transit to Hazlet or Middletown stations, and bike a few miles to the hash-farm... followed (hopefully) by a trip around the corner to Bell Labs. Currently planning ETA 3:50 or so at the point, but flexible.
-- OtherJack (talk) 22:33, 26 September 2015 (EDT)
Expedition
Made the point, and made Bell Labs! Now awaiting the train back to the city. Will upload photos when I get home, since geohash droid upload is acting funny... -- OtherJack (talk) 17:26, 27 September 2015 (EDT)
- Notes on the implementations page point to some sort of Captcha problem; the reported error is some sort of XML. I took a screen shot of it on 2015-09-16 47 -122. --Thomcat (talk) 20:51, 27 September 2015 (EDT)
