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| − | : In the intersection of Mill Rd. and Oak Drive, in the Oakwood area of Staten Island, Richmond County, NY. | + | : In the intersection of Mill Rd. and Oak Drive, in the Oakwood area of Staten Island, Richmond County, NY. Reachable and [[Speed Racer]] eligible |
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| − | : On the slope between Espanong Rd. and Venetian Dr., in Lake Hopatcong, Morris(?) County. | + | : On the slope between Espanong Rd. and Venetian Dr., in Lake Hopatcong, Morris(?) County. Hard to tell if it's reachable, it may technically be a backyard. |
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| − | : On the loading docks of a warehouse on Division St. near York St. in Elizabeth, Union County. | + | : On the loading docks of a warehouse on Division St. near York St. in Elizabeth, Union County. Not reachable. |
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Revision as of 14:31, 18 June 2010
| Scranton, PA | Newburgh, NY | Danbury, CT |
| Allentown, PA | Newark | New York City |
| Philadelphia, PA | Atlantic City | 39,-73 |
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| “ | A rum keg tapped at both ends.
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—Benjamin Franklin
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| “ | The Tollbooth State
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—George Carlin
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| “ | Only the Strong Survive
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—Popular New Jersey T-shirt
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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.
This page is maintained by I am the decider maintainer. Automatic updates are not desired.
Contents
Locations
Coordinates for 2010-06-17: 40.7974656, -74.0625606
- In the middle of Route 3 Westbound, in Secaucus.
- Jevanyn: I was there when I did the geohash in Schmidt's Woods north of there, back in February.
- The Alternate location was Manville Theater, I guess the line was forming for Toy Story 3? :-) If you were there, write it up!
Weekend of 2024-05-17
Coordinates for 2010-06-18: 40.5590564, -74.1132381
- In the intersection of Mill Rd. and Oak Drive, in the Oakwood area of Staten Island, Richmond County, NY. Reachable and Speed Racer eligible
Coordinates for 2010-06-19: 40.9666160, -74.6055144
- On the slope between Espanong Rd. and Venetian Dr., in Lake Hopatcong, Morris(?) County. Hard to tell if it's reachable, it may technically be a backyard.
Coordinates for 2010-06-20: 40.6670247, -74.1929691
- On the loading docks of a warehouse on Division St. near York St. in Elizabeth, Union County. Not reachable.
Retrohash
The geohash for the date in the original comic (May 26, 2005) is reachable, in Mill Brook, Morris County. If you make an attempt, tell us about it here!
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 |
* - We can neither conform nor deny that this graticule intersects the city of Philadelphia. :-)
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
- dieKatze88
Attempted geohashes
- Main page: Category:Meetup in 40 -74
- Monday, 7 June: Jevanyn's dad went to Thursday's geohash, just not on Thursday :-)
- Saturday, 5 June: Mowdownjoe heads for the geohash near the middle school in Aberdeen.
- Monday, 24 May: Kyukket stopped by in Clark on his way to Clifton. (How is that not out-of-the-way?)
- Friday, 21 May: Jack Bauer was here! (Sort of)
- Miercoles, 5 Mayo: Cinco de Mayo bicicleta geohash!
- Thursday, April 1: April Fools' Day Holy/Tron geohash. That was the plan, anyway...
- Monday, March 22: Geo-passing-through.
- Saturday, March 20: Geohashing and a walk in the park.
- Monday, March 8: I was just here, too!
- Thursday, March 4: Jevanyn has driven past the house a dozen times. But can I prove it?
- Tuesday, March 2: Geohashing party of sorts at Friendly's in the Princeton area.
- Sunday, February 28: An easy first geohash for dieKatze88 near Drew University.
- Tuesday, February 22: Veterans Park, Trenton, near the entrance on Klockner Rd. Across from Steinart High School.
- Saturday, February 13: Tried for a meet-up at Woodbridge Mall.
- Monday, February 1: A chilly evening geohash, but only two towns from home for Jevanyn.
- Saturday, January 23: Saturday's geohash was a walk in the park, literally!
- Tuesday, January 5: Jevanyn tried for a birthday geohash with his new GPS, but the location was not reachable.
Archived geohashing expeditions for 2008 and 2009.
Links
[Bing Maps] with Bird's Eye view, better idea of scale and finding paths through complicated terrain.
[Zillow] real estate valuation site, to find out 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.
- Google Maps now has a bike trail layer, which is a good start.
In the Media
On April 26, 2010, during the Casey & Rossi call-in show, a discussion about geocaching prompted a Rutgers student(?) to call in and mention geohashing. They of course mocked us as geeks, but we'll show them! :-)
