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*[[Twister Geohash]] -- Playing twister or encountering a tornado or both
 
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=== Basic: Challenge ===
 
=== Basic: Challenge ===

Revision as of 09:47, 31 July 2008

Three Geohashing Achievement Icons that can be earned.

As well as having the pure and genuine ecstacy of having reached a Geohash, many Geohashers like to complement those feelings with the joy of having won an achievement. There are many different kinds of achievements, ranging from very easy to statistically impossible.

It is recommended that you take photographic proof to prove your achievement. This is, however, only important for proving to the community that you are an accomplished Geohasher and for many personal satisfaction is enough. Achievements are divided into three subsections. One section is for the comedic achievements, not very attainable and very unlikely anyone will do it, but still an achievement none-the-less. All other Achievements can be split into two groups based on the number of people that can attain the Geohash; "I'm Better Than You" Achievements and Basic Geohash Achievements.

Basic Geohash Achievements

Land Geohash

Everyone can get a Basic Geohash Achievement if you fulfill the necessary criteria and supply the necessary proof. Some of these come with physical prizes also.

(Alphabetical within sub-category)

Basic: Basic

Basic: Where

  • Border geohash -- Crossing frontier to reach meet
  • First Geohasher Geohash -- Earliest arrival
  • Golf Geohash -- Achievable when the geohash falls in a golf course, and you cause a golf ball to land at the geohash point. (This doubles as an activity, and also as a great cover story for why you're wandering near the geohash -- "we lost a ball over here!".) Probably some sort of scoring-system should be worked out.
  • Pub Geohash -- Having a pint with your geohash
  • No Trespassing Geohash -- Failing due to it being private property or a restricted area.
  • Ambassador Geohash -- Obtaining permission from a property owner or institution to access what would otherwise be a no trespassing geohash.
  • Hash Collision -- Find an already existing geocache at a geohash.
  • Freeway Geohash -- Drove quickly through the geohash because it was on a freeway

Basic: When/How/Activities

Basic: Challenge

Police Geohash

"I'm Better than You" Achievements

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MNIMB Geohash

"I'm Better than you" Achievements are the kind of achievement that only belongs to the best, that is, they have been to the highest mountain or the deepest cave, the coldest lake or the hottest desert to get a Geohash. Many of these require a level of extreme toughness (eg, highest), however, a handful of these take into account the story of how you got to the Geohash (eg, Sexiest). One each page there is a high score table, and if you're brave enough, it may finally be a way to immortalise that internet alias you use.

NOTE: It is possible to achieve a "best of all the rest" geohash achievement for a particular date, only to be dethroned at a later time, when someone older/younger/taller/etc. takes the award. That's ok, you get to keep your achievement for that time. Just like Babe Ruth had the HR record, even though it's been broken, since then.

Geographic

Not-so geographic

"My Graticule is Better than yours" Achievements

Comedic Achievements

Couch Potato Geohash

Consolation Prizes

In the spirit of No Trespasing or MNB (both re-listed below) so that when you don't reach the correct location, you can say to yourself, "at least I get a ribbon for this!" To earn these ribbons you must get out there and make the attempt, right up to the point where you cannot go on. It is not enough, for example, to look at the terrain contours in Google Maps and declare the grade impassable.

Proof

To win any of the above achievements, you must have photographic evidence. This photo must include:

1. You! (The Stupid Grintm is optional.)
2. Something displaying the date
3. A Geosync device showing your location or alternatively
Something in the photo that proves your location.

Ribbons

There are a collection of ribbons that can be won. Just add the template to Geohash or user page as appropriate.