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Graticule Mottto

"To the Coke!"

Preferred Raptor Defense System

Velociraptor Species: Crowbar

Aquaraptor Species: Speargun

Officialish Welcome

Welcome! The Providence, Rhode Island graticule is at latitude 41, longitude -71. Note that this graticule contains nearly all of the state of Rhode Island, as well as bits of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the tip of Long Island, NY (it is one of the few known graticules to span 4 US states). And also, possibly, aquaraptors.

Today's Location: [Providence, RI]

[Rhode Island Geohashing Facebook Page]

Notable Dates

2008-05-26: First successful water and overall geohash in this graticule!

2008-05-30: First unsuccessful geohash in this graticule!

2008-06-01: First successful land geohash in this graticule!

2008-06-03: First successful Bicycle Geohash in this graticule!

2008-07-12: First successful Public Transport Geohash in this graticule!

Daily Locations

2008-05-26: 41.673128°, -71.607309° Near bridge on Hill Farm Rd., Coventry, RI. Meeting SUCCESSFUL!!! Click for details and pics.

2008-05-30: 41.853102°, -71.244603° North of Winthrop St. (Route 44) in Rehoboth, MA. Geohash UNREACHABLE!!! Click date for details.

2008-06-01: 41.349107°, -71.916239° Behind houses near Stony Brook on Stonington Rd. (Route 1) in Stonington, CT. GEOHASH SUCCESSFUL!

2008-06-03: 41.957992°, -71.128935° Near Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton, MA. GEOHASH SUCCESSFUL! Bicycle Geohash completed by Ben and Grace!

2008-07-09: 41.5924897°, -71.0418876° Near a driveway on Old Oak Run Rd. in Westport, MA. Geohash successful!

2008-07-12: 41.6128965°, -71.2604917° Northern edge of Carnegie Abbey Golf Club property in Portsmouth, RI. Meetup successful!

2008-07-15: 41.9238259°, -71.5172238° Wooded area above private property north of intersection of Routes 116 and 7. Geohash technically unsuccessful, but see hash page for details.

2008-09-04: 41.86017°, -71.062298° Roadside of Carlos Estates Rd. in Taunton, MA. Geohash successful.

2008-09-06: 41.899913°, -71.186548° North of Glebe St. in Rehoboth, MA. Geohash unsuccessful.

2009-01-03: 41.486105°, -71.941018° On Lake of Isles Golf Course. (Route 2), in North Stonington, CT. Geohash successful!!

2009-01-12: 41.690461°, -71.533341° In West Warwick, at the back of private property on Eileen Dr. Geohash unsuccessful.

2009-08-08: 41.564584°, -71.452742° Near Prospect Rd.in North Kingstown, RI. Geohash unsuccessful!

2009-09-08: 41.5758507°, -71.7359792° In the woods off Ten Rod Rd, About half way between I-95 and the CT border. Geohash successful!

2010-11-03: 41.7207298°, -71.1924789° Near Brayton Point power plant. Geohash successful!

2012-05-13: Near Pine St. in Rehoboth, MA. Unsuccessful - No Trespassing.

2012-06-15: At Lincoln High School. Success!!!

2012-09-22: On route 14/102, just west of Clayville Historic District. Geohash successful!

2012-12-21: In the bike lane of N Main St, in Providence. Geohash successful!

2012-12-26: In someone's front yard near the airport. Geohash semi-successful.

2013-01-22: East bank of the Providence River. Geohash successful!

2013-04-16: In the woods near Barden Reservoir. Geohash successful!

2013-04-24: A parking area behind Exeter-West Greenwich high school. Geohash successful!

2013-06-02: Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge in Foster. Geohash unsuccessful.

2013-12-12: Veterans Cemetery in Exeter. Geohash successful!

2014-03-02: In the parking lot of a commercial building on Clarkson St, in Providence. Geohash successful!

2014-12-03: In the street, near the intersection of North Main St. and Rochambeau Ave., in Providence. Geohash successful!

2016-11-27 Across from South County Commons in South Kingstown. Geohash successful!

Statistics

Starting May 21st, Updated to 9/16/08 (attempted/reached/generated)

Land Locations - (7/5/59)
Water Locations - (1/1/61)

Total Locations Reached - 5
Total Persons to Have Arrived - 6

Records

Consecutive Arrivals - 1
Consecutive Saturdays - 0
Most People - 5 (only 2 of this group successfully completed Water Geohash)
2008-05-26:

Geohasher with most arrivals: 2 tied with 3 each - Ben and Grace

Participants

Patrick - the inaugural geohash in this graticule will be most...satisfying

UPDATE: I NO LONGER RESIDE IN THIS GRATICULE

Yusuke - Slightly disturbed by the above word choice.
Tim - Less disturbed by the aforementioned word choice.
Shannon
The Nihilist
Ben and Grace
Victor - Can't wait 'till next Saturday.
Ian Danskin (!)
Bruce
Kelley
Maria
Kyuss - Gadzooks,' quoth I, 'but here's a saucy...crowbar!
azsr

Achievements

5 geohashers earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (41, -71) graticule, here, on 2008-05-26.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{graticule
-|map = <map lat="41" lon="-71" />
+   | lat= 41
-|nw = [[Springfield, Massachusetts|Springfield, MA]]
+   | lon= -71
-|n = [[Boston|Boston, MA]]
+   | nw = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]]
-|ne = [[Lynn, Massachusetts|Lynn, MA]]
+   | n  = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
-|w = [[Hartford, Connecticut|Hartford, CT]]
+   | ne = [[Lynn, Massachusetts]]
-|e = [[Cape Cod, Massachusetts|Cape Cod, MA]]
+   | w  = [[Hartford, Connecticut]]
-|sw = [[Riverhead, New York|Riverhead, NY]]
+   | name = [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]
-|s =
+   | e  = [[Cape Cod, Massachusetts]]
-|se =
+   | sw = [[Brookhaven, New York]]
+   | s  = [[Atlantic Ocean 40, -71|Atlantic Ocean]]
+   | se = [[40,-70]]
 }}
@@ Line 22: / Line 24: @@
 = Officialish Welcome =
-Welcome! The Providence, Rhode Island [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=41&long=-71 latitude 41, longitude -71].  Note that this graticule contains nearly all of the state of Rhode Island, as well as bits of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the tip of Long Island, NY. And also, possibly, aquaraptors.
+Welcome! The Providence, Rhode Island [[graticule]] is at {{Today's location|lat=41|lon=-71|text=latitude 41, longitude -71}}.  Note that this graticule contains nearly all of the state of Rhode Island, as well as bits of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the tip of Long Island, NY (it is one of the few known graticules to span 4 US states). And also, possibly, aquaraptors.
 '''Today's Location:'''
-[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=41&long=-71&zoom=9&abs=-1 Providence, RI]]
+[{{Today's location|lat=41|lon=-71|text=Providence, RI}}]
 [[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16394303397 Rhode Island Geohashing Facebook Page]]
@@ Line 37: / Line 39: @@
 [[2008-06-03_41_-71|'''2008-06-03:''']] First successful [[Bicycle Geohash]] in this graticule!
+[[2008-07-12_41_-71|'''2008-07-12:''']] First successful [[Public Transport Geohash]] in this graticule!
 = Daily Locations =
-'''2008-05-21:''' 41.179467°, -71.861537° Long Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2008-05-26_41_-71|'''2008-05-26:''']] 41.673128°, -71.607309° Near bridge on Hill Farm Rd., Coventry, RI. Meeting SUCCESSFUL!!! Click for details and pics.
-'''2008-05-22:''' 41.972874°, -71.238697° Near Norton, MA. (No visits.)
-'''2008-05-23:''' 41.400246°, -71.722772° Near Bradford, RI. (No visits.)
-'''2008-05-24:''' 41.126648°, -71.547533° Long Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2008-05-30_41_-71|'''2008-05-30:''']] 41.853102°, -71.244603° North of Winthrop St. (Route 44) in Rehoboth, MA. Geohash UNREACHABLE!!! Click date for details.
-'''2008-05-25:''' 41.941774°, -71.182874° Wading River, near Norton Center, MA. (No visits.)
+[[2008-06-01_41_-71|'''2008-06-01:''']] 41.349107°, -71.916239° Behind houses near Stony Brook on Stonington Rd. (Route 1) in Stonington, CT. GEOHASH SUCCESSFUL!
-[[2008-05-26_41_-71|'''2008-05-26:''']] 41.673128°, -71.607309° Near bridge on Hill Farm Rd., Coventry, RI.
+[[2008-06-03_41_-71|'''2008-06-03:''']] 41.957992°, -71.128935° Near Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton, MA. GEOHASH SUCCESSFUL! Bicycle Geohash completed by [[User:Ben|Ben]] and Grace!
-Meeting SUCCESSFUL!!! Click above for details and pics.
+[[2008-07-09_41_-71|'''2008-07-09:''']] 41.5924897°, -71.0418876° Near a driveway on Old Oak Run Rd. in Westport, MA. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-05-27:''' 41.209677°, -71.101442° Between Rhode Island Sound and Nantucket Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2008-07-12_41_-71|'''2008-07-12:''']] 41.6128965°, -71.2604917° Northern edge of Carnegie Abbey Golf Club property in Portsmouth, RI. Meetup successful!
-'''2008-05-28:''' 41.68745°, -71.212208° Mt. Hope Bay, between Bristol, RI and southern Fall River, MA. (No visits.)
+[[2008-07-15_41_-71|'''2008-07-15:''']] 41.9238259°, -71.5172238° Wooded area above private property north of intersection of Routes 116 and 7. Geohash technically unsuccessful, but see hash page for details.
-'''2008-05-29:''' 41.464701°, -71.034125° Buzzards Bay, Westport, MA. (No visits.)
+[[2008-09-04_41_-71|'''2008-09-04:''']] 41.86017°, -71.062298° Roadside of Carlos Estates Rd. in Taunton, MA. Geohash successful.
-[[2008-05-30_41_-71|'''2008-05-30:''']] 41.853102°, -71.244603° North of Winthrop St. (Route 44) in Rehoboth, MA.
+[[2008-09-06_41_-71|'''2008-09-06:''']] 41.899913°, -71.186548° North of Glebe St. in Rehoboth, MA. Geohash unsuccessful.
-Geohash UNREACHABLE!!! Click above for details; pics may be forthcoming.
+[[2009-01-03_41_-71|'''2009-01-03:''']] 41.486105°, -71.941018° On Lake of Isles Golf Course. (Route 2), in North Stonington, CT. Geohash successful!!
-'''2008-05-31:''' 41.037487°, -71.281266° Block Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2009-01-12_41_-71|'''2009-01-12:''']] 41.690461°, -71.533341° In West Warwick, at the back of private property on Eileen Dr. Geohash unsuccessful.
-[[2008-06-01_41_-71|'''2008-06-01:''']] 41.349107°, -71.916239° Behind houses near Stony Brook on Stonington Rd. (Route 1) in Stonington, CT.
+[[2009-08-08_41_-71|'''2009-08-08:''']] 41.564584°, -71.452742° Near Prospect Rd.in North Kingstown, RI. Geohash unsuccessful!
-GEOHASH SUCCESSFUL!
+[[2009-09-08_41_-71|'''2009-09-08:''']] 41.5758507°, -71.7359792° In the woods off Ten Rod Rd, About half way between I-95 and the CT border. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-02:''' 41.509526°, -71.521592° Woods east of rail and west of Slocum Rd. in Kingston, RI. (No visits.)
+[[2010-11-03_41_-71|'''2010-11-03:''']] 41.7207298°, -71.1924789° Near Brayton Point power plant. Geohash successful!
-[[2008-06-03_41_-71|'''2008-06-03:''']] 41.957992°, -71.128935° Near Myles Standish Industrial Park in Taunton, MA.
+[[2012-05-13_41_-71|'''2012-05-13:''']] Near Pine St. in Rehoboth, MA.  Unsuccessful - No Trespassing.
-GEOHASH SUCCESSFUL! Bicycle Geohash completed by [[User:Ben|Ben]] and Grace!
+[[2012-06-15_41_-71|'''2012-06-15:''']] At Lincoln High School.  '''Success!!!'''
-'''2008-06-04:''' 41.180292°, -71.845033° Block Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2012-09-22 41 -71|'''2012-09-22:''']] On route 14/102, just west of Clayville Historic District. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-05:''' 41.066439°, -71.18439°  Block Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2012-12-21 41 -71|'''2012-12-21:''']] In the bike lane of N Main St, in Providence. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-06:''' 41.759663°, -71.825383° South of Saw Mill Hill Rd., in South Killingly, CT. (No visits.)
+[[2012-12-26 41 -71|'''2012-12-26:''']] In someone's front yard near the airport. Geohash semi-successful.
-'''2008-06-07:''' 41.501784°, -71.114371° In Richmond Pond, Westport, MA. (No visits.)
+[[2013-01-22 41 -71|'''2013-01-22:''']] East bank of the Providence River. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-08:''' 41.047581°, -71.230916° Block Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2013-04-16 41 -71|'''2013-04-16:''']] In the woods near Barden Reservoir. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-09:''' 41.03773°, -71.790508° Block Island Sound. (No visits.)
+[[2013-04-24 41 -71|'''2013-04-24:''']] A parking area behind Exeter-West Greenwich high school. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-10:''' 41.875845°, -71.099769° Industrial site near W Water St., in Taunton, MA. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-11:''' 41.465719°, -71.72636° East of Woodville Alton Road, across from Friel Farm Way, near Canonchet Brook in Hopkinton, RI. (No visits yet.)
+[[2013-06-02 41 -71|'''2013-06-02:''']] Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge in Foster. Geohash unsuccessful.
-'''2008-06-12:''' 41.511448°, -71.633267° North of Punchbowl Trail in Hillsdale section of RIchmond/Kingston, RI. (No visits.)
+[[2013-12-12 41 -71|'''2013-12-12:''']] Veterans Cemetery in Exeter. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-13:''' 41.576378°, -71.158378° Southeast of intersection of 4 Rod Rd. and Lake Rd. in Fiverton, RI. (No visits.)
+[[2014-03-02 41 -71|'''2014-03-02:''']] In the parking lot of a commercial building on Clarkson St, in Providence. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-14:''' 41.806746°, -71.038887° Near the split of Route 79 and Malbone Rd. in Freetown, MA. (No visits.)
+[[2014-12-03 41 -71|'''2014-12-03:''']] In the street, near the intersection of North Main St. and Rochambeau Ave., in Providence. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-15:''' 41.47538°, -71.761277° East of Lawton Foster Rd S., possibly a private drive, in Hopkinton, RI. (No visits.)
+[[2016-11-27 41 -71|'''2016-11-27''']] Across from South County Commons in South Kingstown. Geohash successful!
-'''2008-06-16:''' 41.4015923°, -71.189481° 4 Mi. south of Sakonnet Point. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-17:''' 41.134594°, -71.911703° Block Island Sound, north of Montauk Point. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-18:''' 41.223991°, -71.163912° Nantucket Sound. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-19:''' 41.844501°, -71.686916° Northeast of intersection of Routes 101 and 102 in Foster, RI; possibly private property. No visits yet.)
-'''2008-06-20:''' 41.866395°, -71.227014° North of Ralsie Rd. in Rehoboth, MA. Looks to be private property. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-21:''' 41.979318°, -71.613962‎° Southeast of intersection of Victory Hwy and Route 7 in Slatersville/North Smithfield, RI. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-22:''' 41.746529°, -71.264233° East of Birch Swamp Rd. in East Warren, RI. (No visits.)
-'''2008-06-22:''' 41.592778°, -71.219295° West of Seapowet Avenue, Tiverton, RI, in Narragansett Bay. (No visits yet.)
 =Statistics=
-Starting May 21st, Updated to 6/23/08 (attempted/reached/generated)
+Starting May 21st, Updated to 9/16/08 (attempted/reached/generated)
-Land Locations - (3/2/17)<br>
+Land Locations - (7/5/59)<br>
-Water Locations - (1/1/17)
+Water Locations - (1/1/61)
-Total Locations Reached - 3<br>
+Total Locations Reached - 5<br>
-Total Persons to Have Arrived - 5
+Total Persons to Have Arrived - 6
 =Records=
@@ Line 133: / Line 115: @@
 [[2008-05-26_41_-71|'''2008-05-26:''']]
-Geohasher with most arrivals - 5 tied with 1 each
+Geohasher with most arrivals: 2 tied with 3 each - Ben and Grace
 =Participants=
 *[[User:Patrick|Patrick]]  - the inaugural geohash in this graticule will be most...satisfying
+'''UPDATE: I NO LONGER RESIDE IN THIS GRATICULE'''
 *Yusuke - Slightly disturbed by the above word choice.
 *Tim - Less disturbed by the aforementioned word choice.
@@ Line 143: / Line 126: @@
 *[[User:Ben|Ben]] and Grace
 *[[User:Sonic|Victor]] - Can't wait 'till next Saturday.
+*Ian Danskin (!)
+*Bruce
+*Kelley
+*Maria
+*[[User:Kyuss|Kyuss]] - Gadzooks,' quoth I, 'but here's a saucy...crowbar!
+*[[User:Azsr|azsr]]
+== Achievements ==
+<!-- Achievements relating to the graticule -->
+{{Graticule unlocked
+| latitude = 41
+| longitude = -71
+| date = 2008-05-26
+| name = 5 geohashers
+}}
 [[Category:Connecticut]]
@@ Line 150: / Line 146: @@
 [[Category:New York]]
 [[Category:Rhode Island]]
-[[Category:Active Graticules]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
+[[Category:Graticules that span 4 US states]]

Springfield, Massachusetts	Boston, Massachusetts	Lynn, Massachusetts
Hartford, Connecticut	Providence	Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Brookhaven, New York	Atlantic Ocean	40,-70
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