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|nw = [[Shenandoah Valley, Virginia|Shenandoah Valley]]
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|n = [[District of Columbia|Washington, DC (West)]]
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  | nw = [[Shenandoah Valley, Virginia|Shenandoah Valley]]
|ne = [[District of Columbia|Washington, DC (East)]]
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  | n = [[Washington (West), District of Columbia|Washington (West), DC]]
|w = [[Appomattox, Virginia|Appomattox]]
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|e = [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]]
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  | w = [[Appomattox, Virginia|Appomattox]]
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  | name = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
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  | e = [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]]
|se = [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]
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  | sw = [[Henderson, North Carolina|Henderson, NC]]
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  | s = [[Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina|Roanoke Rapids, NC]]
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  | se = [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]
 
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The Richmond, Virginia [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=37&long=-78&zoom=8&abs=1 latitude 37, longitude -77].
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The Richmond, Virginia [[graticule]] is at latitude 37, longitude -77.
  
== Local Geohashers ==
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'''{{Today's location|lat=37|lon=-77|text=Today's Location}}'''
Paul, Richmonder when school is out, can't think of anything better to do on Saturday then drive to some random location and hang out with other similiarly bored people.  Might be working though...
 
  
Blaine, living in Southside this summer, could get into this.
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== Geohashers ==
  
James, real-life friend of Randall's since middle school, will try and make it Saturdays at 4 as long as it's not terribly far from Richmond-proper, using Ashland & Petersburg as rough north-south boundary points.
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== Upcoming Geohashing Proposals ==
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''Most recent proposals/comments at the top, please.''
  
Andrew, from Short Pump, is going to give this a shot on saturday if he can convince his friends to come too.
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== Successful Geohashes ==
  
Tyler, also from Short Pump, might do this since he could use the practice on his new bike. He will also will be working, though.
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[[2010-11-20 37 -77|11-20-2010]]: [[User:Swiftdr|Swiftdr]] reached the coordinates.
  
stepol ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/stepol/2524870871 and their kids]) from the [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/centralvageocaching Central Virginia Geocaching Association] made a Memorial Day run to the Shady Grove location.
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[[2009-03-22 37 -77|3-22-2009]]: [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] – Quick Geohash on side of road.
  
[[user:Julie|Julie]] is less adventurous than most xkcd people, and will gamely try to get there on Saturdays when not too much trespassing is requiredShoofle is often her companion.
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[[Image:2008-06-14_37%2C-77_Group.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Randall comes to visit our humble graticule]]
 
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[[2008-09-27 37 -77|9-27-2008]]: [[User:Dan|Dan]] had the brilliant idea of a meetup at Echo Lake Park rather than the original meetup pointHowever, upon driving by the park at the appointed time, he discovered the park was closed for lake7 dredging.  Oops.
== Upcoming Geohashing Proposals ==
 
Tyler is wondering why most of the locations are near the edges of the map, far away from people.
 
  
Paul wonders the same thing! and has therefore decided that the meeting spot should be in the rocks right off Belle Isle. Go check out the map if you are into that. He will not, however, show up, because he had to workSorry folks.
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[[2008-06-21 37 -77|6-21-2008]]:  [[User:James.|James]], [[User:Julie|Julie]], and [[User:Clintron|Clint]] met up in the front field of Pocahontas State Park (near [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=2305878324246934882,37.367923,-77.572854&saddr=&daddr=37.365007,-77.572639&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=37.365254,-77.57251&sspn=0.009141,0.018711&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16 37.365007°, -77.572639°]) and later made a few test firings of the trebuchet, [[Bangarang]]Ricky was there, but left to rejoin us later.
  
[[User:James.|James]] was a bit late, and found it difficult to identify people by disembodied heads aloneAt least I made the attempt, as I will again next week.
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[[2008-06-14 37 -77|6-14-2008]]: Peter read [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/06/14/trebuchets-geohashes-and-richmond-va/ the blag] and met up with Randall and Doug on Belle Island downtown since Aylett is a bit too far away.  There was a kayak competition going on, and swimming was had by all despite nobody thinking to bring a swimsuit.  Alternate meetup site = successPictures [http://www.flickr.com/photos/27658976@N03/sets/72157605621545777/detail/ here]
  
== Successful Geohashes ==
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[[2008-05-31 37 -77|5-31-2008]]:  Shoofle and [[user:Julie|Julie]] met up with Paul in Suffolk County Saturday afternoon for a nice visit and some time kicking around a soccer ball.  We didn't get to exactly the right spot, but it was close enough.  Pictures [http://flickr.com/photos/27433287@N03/sets/72157605470710558/ here]
[[Image:2008-06-14_37%2C-77_Group.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Randall comes to visit our humble graticule]]
 
  
[[2008-06-14_37_-77|6-14-2008]]: Peter read [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/06/14/trebuchets-geohashes-and-richmond-va/ the blag] and met up with Randall and Doug on Belle Island downtown since Aylett is a bit too far away.  There was a kayak competition going on, and swimming was had by all despite nobody thinking to bring a swimsuit.  Alternate meetup site = success.  Pictures [http://www.flickr.com/photos/27658976@N03/sets/72157605621545777/detail/ here]
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[[2008-05-26 37 -77|5-26-2008]]: stepol ([http://www.flickr.com/photos/stepol/2524870871 and their kids]) from the [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/centralvageocaching Central Virginia Geocaching Association] made a Memorial Day run to the Shady Grove location.
 
 
5-31-2008:  Shoofle and [[user:Julie|Julie]] met up with Paul in Suffolk County Saturday afternoon for a nice visit and some time kicking around a soccer ball.  We didn't get to exactly the right spot, but it was close enough.  Pictures [http://flickr.com/photos/27433287@N03/sets/72157605470710558/ here]
 
  
 
== Daily Locations ==
 
== Daily Locations ==
 
''Most recent locations listed first''
 
''Most recent locations listed first''
  
'''[[2008-06-14_37_-77|6-14-2008]]:''' [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.53014861,-77.45464325&z=12&q=loc:37.53014861,-77.45464325 37.53014861°, -77.45464325°]  (Saturday meetup alternate location)
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== Achievements ==
 
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{{Graticule unlocked|date=2008-05-26|latitude=37|longitude=-77|name=stepol and kids}}
'''5-31-2008:''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=37.037487,+-77.281267&safe=on&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16&iwloc=addr 37.037487°, -77.281267°]  (Saturday meetup location)
 
 
 
[[2008-05-26_37_-77|'''5-26-2008:''' 37.673128°, -77.607309°]]
 
  
[[Category:North America]]
 
 
[[Category:Virginia]]
 
[[Category:Virginia]]
[[Category:Active Graticules]]
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[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
 
[[Category:Richmond, VA]]
 
[[Category:Richmond, VA]]

Latest revision as of 06:42, 20 March 2024

Shenandoah Valley Washington (West), DC Washington (East), DC
Appomattox Richmond Newport News
Henderson, NC Roanoke Rapids, NC Norfolk

Today's location: not yet announced

The Richmond, Virginia graticule is at latitude 37, longitude -77.

Today's Location

Geohashers

Upcoming Geohashing Proposals

Most recent proposals/comments at the top, please.

Successful Geohashes

11-20-2010: Swiftdr reached the coordinates.

3-22-2009: NCBears – Quick Geohash on side of road.

Randall comes to visit our humble graticule

9-27-2008: Dan had the brilliant idea of a meetup at Echo Lake Park rather than the original meetup point. However, upon driving by the park at the appointed time, he discovered the park was closed for lake7 dredging. Oops.

6-21-2008: James, Julie, and Clint met up in the front field of Pocahontas State Park (near 37.365007°, -77.572639°) and later made a few test firings of the trebuchet, Bangarang. Ricky was there, but left to rejoin us later.

6-14-2008: Peter read the blag and met up with Randall and Doug on Belle Island downtown since Aylett is a bit too far away. There was a kayak competition going on, and swimming was had by all despite nobody thinking to bring a swimsuit. Alternate meetup site = success. Pictures here

5-31-2008: Shoofle and Julie met up with Paul in Suffolk County Saturday afternoon for a nice visit and some time kicking around a soccer ball. We didn't get to exactly the right spot, but it was close enough. Pictures here

5-26-2008: stepol (and their kids) from the Central Virginia Geocaching Association made a Memorial Day run to the Shady Grove location.

Daily Locations

Most recent locations listed first

Achievements

Graticule unlocked.png
stepol and kids earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement
by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (37, -77) graticule, here, on 2008-05-26.