Difference between revisions of "Newark, New Jersey"

Revision as of 14:58, 22 January 2010

The Newark graticule is at 40 N, -74 W. This may be the most populous graticule in the United States, with a population in the neighborhood of 7 million people. It includes almost the entire northern half of New Jersey, the most densely populated state (Census), as well as Staten Island, western sections of Brooklyn and lower Manhattan in New York, and a part of Pennsylvania northeast of Philadelphia. In addition, other than Raritan Bay, there are no large sections of water.

Thanks to Meteorswarm, we have a Facebook group for the "North Jersey" graticule. Meet-ups can be coordinated here or there.

Daily Locations

Coordinates for 2010-01-22: 40.1509071, -74.4540366

On the runway for Perl Acres Airport, a tiny air strip on Monmouth Road close to I-195, in Red Valley, Jackson Township, Monmouth County. Land here and get a free fly-over of Great Adventure! :-)

Coordinates for 2010-01-23: 40.7999679, -74.0504074

Schmidts Woods Park, Secaucus, Hudson County. Reachable!

Coordinates for 2010-01-24: 40.8191506, -74.5349633

On the property of a house on Bickford Dr., west of Morristown, Morris County.

Links

[peeron map]

[Small Hash Inquiry Tool]

[Bing Maps (with Bird's Eye view)]

[Zillow] real estate valuation site so know if it's private property / a rough neighborhood / both.

[NJ Transit] for public transportation geohashes

And of course [Wikipedia] to find out which township/borough/county a geohash is in :-)

Wanted: a good bike-map website. NJ Bike Map.com is okay but doesn't include a lot of local bike trails.

Cities in this Graticule

New Jersey	New York	Pennsylvania
Newark	Staten Island	New Hope
Jersey City	Lower Manhattan	Levittown
New Brunswick	Parts of Brooklyn	Langhorne
Trenton

Local Geohashers

Madalis
bjimba
krip
trntr
TorsionalMetric
Direwulf
Jevanyn
LangleyLGLF (When @Rutgers)
Esteban
Science Works!
sve
Zubenelgenubi
Mike
darko
jimpoz
RminusQ
Brandon 20px and his father
GISninja
BlastOButter42, but probably only if it's near the city and New York's isn't closer
AlexF
Knitting Duck
Flashbullzeye
Kyukket

Attempted geohashes

^{Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74}

Tuesday, January 5: Jevanyn tried for a birthday geohash with his new GPS, but the location was not reachable.

Earlier geohashing expeditions have been archived here and here.

@@ Line 22: / Line 22: @@
 == Daily Locations ==
-<!-- For Monday through Thursday, use {{#time}} for the current date -->
+<!-- For Monday through Thursday, use {{#time}} for the current date
 '''Coordinates for {{#time:Y-m-d}}: {{coordinates graticule|{{#time:Y-m-d}}|lat=40|lon=-74}}'''
 (1/21) A house (I think it's #551) on S Clinton Street, in East Orange, Essex County.
+-->
-<!-- For weekends, use fixed dates so that all three are available
+<!-- For weekends, use fixed dates so that all three are available -->
 '''Coordinates for 2010-01-22: {{coordinates graticule|2010-01-22|lat=40|lon=-74}}'''
-:
+: On the runway for Perl Acres Airport, a tiny air strip on Monmouth Road close to I-195, in Red Valley, Jackson Township, Monmouth County.  Land here and get a free fly-over of Great Adventure! :-)
 '''Coordinates for 2010-01-23: {{coordinates graticule|2010-01-23|lat=40|lon=-74}}'''
-:
+: Schmidts Woods Park, Secaucus, Hudson County.  Reachable!
 '''Coordinates for 2010-01-24: {{coordinates graticule|2010-01-24|lat=40|lon=-74}}'''
-:
+: On the property of a house on Bickford Dr., west of Morristown, Morris County.
--->
 == Links ==

Scranton, PA	Newburgh, NY	Danbury, CT
Allentown, PA	Newark	New York City
Philadelphia, PA	Atlantic City	39,-73
Today's location: not yet announced