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| − | Today's location: [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=43&long=-77&zoom=9&abs=-1 Rochester, NY]] | + | '''Today's location:''' [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=43&long=-77&zoom=9&abs=-1 Rochester, NY]] |
The '''Rochester, New York''' [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=43&long=-77 43 degrees north, 77 degrees west]. Much of this graticule covers Lake Ontario, making the reachable geohashes very sparse. | The '''Rochester, New York''' [[graticule]] is at [http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?lat=43&long=-77 43 degrees north, 77 degrees west]. Much of this graticule covers Lake Ontario, making the reachable geohashes very sparse. | ||
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Today's location: [Rochester, NY]
The Rochester, New York graticule is at 43 degrees north, 77 degrees west. Much of this graticule covers Lake Ontario, making the reachable geohashes very sparse.
Rochester has a very active geocaching community, with a large overlap with the XKCD fan base. Rochester is probably one of the top five geekiest cities in the US by population percentage, largely due to the the student populations at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology, as well as the many engineering jobs provided by industries based in Rochester.
Expect a geocache soon based on geohashed coords.
When the day's location ends up in Lake Ontario, we may repair to a secondary location further south, in the Canandaigua, NY graticule (42 -77). Of course, one is still free to float, swim, sail, row, motorboat, jetski, fly, or take whatever other form of aqueous or aerial locomotion to the primary location in Lake Ontario, if one wishes. If the location is ashore across Lake Ontario in Canada, that counts. Life on the border is strange that way, sometimes, and you do the best you can.
If the secondary location ends up in one of the Finger Lakes, on a river, or in some other body of water, we'll just lump it. Get as close as you can, within the bounds of reason and good sense, wave, and take pictures. Semaphore or Morse may be of some use in this case, so plan accordingly.
Notable Events
Create a new page for our coordinate and date for any potential meetups. Edit that page to coordinate the coordinates.
- Location for 5/20/08 was in the middle of Lake Ontario, practically on top of the US/Canada border.
- Location for 5/21/08 looks quite nice! Anyone willing to carpool from RIT? Caroline
- No car for 5/21/08, but it's within biking distance of my house! I'd so join a meetup. Sara
Local Geohashers
