Difference between revisions of "Richmond, Virginia"

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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

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.

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+__NOTOC__
 {{graticule
-|map = <map lat="37" lon="-77" />
+   | lat= 37
-|nw = [[Shenandoah Valley, Virginia|Shenandoah Valley]]
+   | lon= -77
-|n = [[District of Columbia|Washington, DC (West)]]
+   | nw = [[Shenandoah Valley, Virginia|Shenandoah Valley]]
-|ne = [[District of Columbia|Washington, DC (East)]]
+   | n  = [[Washington (West), District of Columbia|Washington (West), DC]]
-|w = [[Appomattox, Virginia|Appomattox]]
+   | ne = [[Washington (East), District of Columbia|Washington (East), DC]]
-|e = [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]]
+   | w  = [[Appomattox, Virginia|Appomattox]]
-|sw = -
+   | name = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]]
-|s = -
+   | e  = [[Newport News, Virginia|Newport News]]
-|se =  [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]
+   | sw = [[Henderson, North Carolina|Henderson, NC]]
+   | s  = [[Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina|Roanoke Rapids, NC]]
+   | se = [[Norfolk, Virginia|Norfolk]]
 }}
-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].
+The Richmond, Virginia [[graticule]] is at latitude 37, longitude -77.
-== Local Geohashers ==
+'''{{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.
+== 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.
+== Upcoming Geohashing Proposals ==
+''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.
+== 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.
+[[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.
+[[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 required.  Shoofle is often her companion.
+[[Image:2008-06-14_37%2C-77_Group.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Randall comes to visit our humble graticule]]
+[[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 point.  However, upon driving by the park at the appointed time, he discovered the park was closed for lake7 dredging.  Oops.
-[[user:Pdkauffmann|Peter]], from Glen Allen, is willing to give this a shot so long as he's back from college.
-== Upcoming Geohashing Proposals ==
-[[User:Clintron|Clint]] wants to see the trebuchet. He wonders what kinds of things will be tested, like a watermelon, a cat, or a slinky connecting a watermelon and a cat. The Pocahantas State Park would be an excellent alternative location.
-[[User:James.|James]] would like to clarify - while he finds [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 Pocahantas State Park]'s field to be as good an alternate location as any, moving [[Bangarang|the trebuchet]] is difficult and could happen '''some''' Saturday, but probably '''not''' tomorrow.  Regardless, there's enough to do in the park, though it's less free than prudence would generally dictate.  Perhaps parking in the horse trailer gravel lot just west and south of the main entrance road could be advantageous for bringing fewer/one car(s) in and saving a couple bucks.  (Or perhaps all attendees should just switch their car insurance to GEICO - James, for one, just saved a ton on his car insurance.)
-Tyler is wondering why most of the locations are near the edges of the map, far away from people.
-Paul thinks Pocahontas State Park sounds great - and has therefore suggested it as an alternate location.  I might be a little late but I hope to see that trebuchet!
-== Successful Geohashes ==
+[[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.
-[[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]].
-[[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]
-[[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]
+[[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]
--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]
+[[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.
 == Daily Locations ==
 ''Most recent locations listed first''
-'''6-21-2008:''' [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°]  (Saturday meetup alternate location)
+== Achievements ==
+{{Graticule unlocked|date=2008-05-26|latitude=37|longitude=-77|name=stepol and kids}}
-'''[[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)
-'''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:Virginia]]
-[[Category:Active Graticules]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
 [[Category:Richmond, VA]]

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