Difference between revisions of "Cubicle geohash achievement"

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Cubicle Geohash Icon

The following users have won the Cubicle Geohash Achievement. This achievement can be attained only when the place where you work is exactly under the coordinates of a particular day. This is incredibly lucky, and the chance of this happening to you is the area of your workplace divided by the area of the quadrangle you're in. Assuming a sphere of radius R (Earth is approximately 6,370,000m), θ = the absolute value of your graticule's latitude in degrees, and H = the size of your workplace in square metres, then the probability P is represented by the following formula:

P = H / ( [πR² / 180] · [sin(θ+1) - sin(θ)] )

A typical apartment dweller in Denver, Colorado (latitude 39°) has a chance of around one in 4,240,000. The same office drone in Vardø, Norway (latitude 70°) has a chance of around one in 1,840,000.

If this does happen to you, you are required to throw a mad-keen office party at a day's notice.

This is one of those things that probably won't ever happen, but how cool would it be if it did?.

Winners

Nobody has won this yet, be the first!

Honorable Mentions

Even if the coordiantes aren't in your office, you can get an honorable mention if you work within 1km (a 20 minute walk) of the coordinates. While this is 1,400 times more likely to happen than the coordinates being in your domicile, it's still a long shot.

Nobody has won this yet, be the first!

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+[[Image:Cubiclegeohash.gif |thumb|300 px|Cubicle Geohash Icon]]
-The following users have won the Cubicle Geohash Achievement. This achievement can be attained only when the place where you work is exactly under the coordinates of a particular day. The chance of this happening to you is the area of your workplace divided by the area of the quadrangle you're in; see the [[Couch Potato Geohash]] achievement for discussions of the odds.
+The following users have won the Cubicle Geohash Achievement. This achievement can be attained only when the place where you work is exactly under the coordinates of a particular day. This is incredibly lucky, and the chance of this happening to you is the area of your workplace divided by the area of the quadrangle you're in. Assuming a sphere of radius R (Earth is approximately 6,370,000m), &theta;&nbsp;=&nbsp;the absolute value of your graticule's latitude in degrees, and H&nbsp;=&nbsp;the size of your workplace in square metres, then the probability P is represented by the following formula:
-This Achievement may be more or less rare than the [[Couch Potato Geohash]], depending on whether your workplace is the size of an actual cubicle or the size of an entire steel plant.
+<center>P&nbsp;=&nbsp;H&nbsp;/&nbsp;(&nbsp;[&pi;R<sup>2</sup>&nbsp;/&nbsp;180]&nbsp;&middot;&nbsp;[sin(&theta;+1)&nbsp;-&nbsp;sin(&theta;)]&nbsp;)</center>
+A typical apartment dweller in [[Denver, Colorado]] (latitude 39&deg;) has a chance of around one in 4,240,000. The same office drone in [[Vardø, Norway]] (latitude 70&deg;) has a chance of around one in 1,840,000.
-Given the constraints of being at work, you are not required to throw a mad-keen party at a day's notice if this happens to you. But it's certainly encouraged.
+If this does happen to you, you are required to throw a mad-keen office party at a day's notice.
+This is one of those things that probably won't ever happen, but <em>how cool would it be if it did?</em>.
 ==Winners==
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 <em>Nobody has won this yet, be the first!</em>
+==Honorable Mentions==
+Even if the coordiantes aren't in your office, you can get an honorable mention if you work within 1km (a 20 minute walk) of the coordinates. While this is 1,400 times more likely to happen than the coordinates being in your domicile, it's still a long shot.
+<em>Nobody has won this yet, be the first!</em>
 [[Category:Achievements]]