Difference between revisions of "Pittsburgh East, Pennsylvania"

Revision as of 19:47, 7 March 2012

Cleveland, OH	Youngstown, OH	Oil City, PA	St. Marys, PA
Canton, OH	Pittsburgh East, Pennsylvania		Altoona, PA
Marietta, OH	Clarksburg, WV	Morgantown, WV	Cumberland, MD
The Pittsburgh Graticules
The 80th West Meridian crosses directly through Downtown Pittsburgh, splitting the city into two graticules.

Today's Locations: [Pittsburgh West (40,-80)] [Pittsburgh East (40,-79)]

Because the 80th West Meridian crosses directly through Downtown Pittsburgh, the city has two graticules, located at latitude 40, longitudes -80 and -79. Pittsburgh's western graticule contains portions of southeastern Ohio and West Virginia's northern panhandle.

Activities

Saturday 31 May 2008 in (40, -79) near Somerset. Reached by Kelly & Emily.
The location for Saturday 7 June 2008 in (40, -80) is in Coraopolis, rather close to Pittsburgh.
Holy Crap, Saturday 26 July in (40, -79) is gonna have chessboards, beer, and geeks! Dan R and Big Nate will be in cornfield in New Derry at 4pm and then in the local tavern to rest and recuperate.

Notable Events

None yet

Local Geohashers

Tim P (at Pitt with no car, so attendance will be limited)
James M (also without car)
Max Roha (with car)
Mike H (sometimes with car)
Pez aka (a different) Mike H (Has car)
Ben, Kerrith, Elizabeth and Amy (have some cars)
Jessica - starting in August when I'm enrolling in CMU. :P No car, I'll be a freshman, but lots of enthusiasm!
David OG - same as above. hopes to hash but will have neither car nor gps...
Kelly M and Emily (each have car, but travel together)
Tom H (car situation can be iffy)
DGandhi (car, would be happy to drive others)
Noah (full of car-osity)
schep (has car)
Colin (car, but small one)
Blindeagle (has car)
William may steal his roommate's car
Chris (has car)
Ian G (rides the bus, East Liberty)
Derek - No car, buses rock, enrolled at CMU
Scott S - has car, near new kensington (enrolled at PSU new kensington)
Adam L - sometimes has car... hoping to meet up soon!
Richard R - Has Car
Joe F - Has car, no GPS, and kinda busy with full-time work and grad school at Pitt.
Mike and Sarah - one car and a healthy lust for adventure between us
Laura D - has car when it works and a GPS and can play on weekends
Kenya J - has a car, no GPS, resides near RMU or Kittanning, and is new at this
Sarah K - has car, lousy GPS, resides in Oakland, kgirlfae on xkcd forums
Nick S - Has car with 5 seats, GPS's, a Nikon and a healthy sense of adventure.
Alex D. & Kyle Y - Have car and GPS and generally will head to any achievable weekend hash, particularly if near parks.
Add yourself to this list and join us!

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 '''Today's Locations:'''
-[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=40&long=-80&zoom=9&abs=-1 Pittsburgh West (40,-80)]] [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=40&long=-79&zoom=9&abs=-1 Pittsburgh East (40,-79)]]
+[[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=40&long=-80&zoom=9&abs=-1 Pittsburgh West (40,-80)]] [[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=40&long=-79&zoom=9&abs=-1 Pittsburgh East (40,-79)]]
 Because the 80th West Meridian crosses directly through Downtown Pittsburgh, the city has two [[graticule]]s, located at latitude 40, longitudes -80 and -79.  Pittsburgh's western graticule contains portions of southeastern Ohio and West Virginia's northern panhandle.