Difference between revisions of "Santa Barbara, California"

Latest revision as of 03:53, 20 March 2024

Today's Location: [Santa Barbara]

Our graticule (latitude 34, longitude -119) contains a lot of water, and a lot of very remote area in the Los Padres National Forest. But eventually, we should get lucky, and land on the beach, so let's keep looking!

Facebook Group

Search for "XKCD GeoHash Santa Barbara/Santa Maria" on Facebook.

Considered geohashes

2008-06-15 -- Today's location looks like an orchard on private property. Too bad, because it is pretty close to Santa Barbara, and not out to sea. --Pconrad

Identifiable Users Actively Monitoring the Page

User:Pconrad created the Santa Maria, California Graticule, and watches that one too, hoping for a nice accessible spot on the beach.

User:Jareds is monitoring the Graticule at least for Saturdays. See 2008-06-07 for amusement.

User:f4hy has been monitoring irregularly. "If we get a coordinate closer to the coast I'll be there."
User:contraption checks once in a while and might just show up some time, probably on a weekend.
User:Qwertypi checking when I remember and waiting for a good SB/Goleta selection.
User:Capso Waiting to meet other folk living in, or willing to come around to, Santa Barbara or Goleta. Checking... err... "regularly". Ahem, also, I'm 'van Orman' in the Facebook group -- this is the only reason I signed up, so someone better be there when a reachable spot is decided.
User:kitk spreading the GeoHash community - one believer at a time...reservoir area today?
User:FuNx lives in Ventura but on weekends travels to Cerritos, which is in the slightly less Geohash-friendly graticule of Long Beach.
User:Dhilung waiting for some hike up to the geohash.
s0meb0dy has been lurking for a while, finally signed up.

Meetups

2008-06-07 34 -119: Wilderness near Ojai. Failed attempt by Jareds. First attempted hash in this graticule.
2011-12-14 34 -119: Hash point right on the Ojai Valley Trail. This was easy to get to. Even for s0meb0dy. Am I the first in this Graticule?
2012-03-16 34 -119: Hash point in the middle of Violeta St in Saticoy and within walking distance. Success! s0meb0dy
2019-03-23 34 -119: A parking lot in Oxnard. Success! McKay (talk)

Channel Island hashpoints

2008-06-09 34 -119 is on Santa Cruz Island
2012-05-10 34 -119 is right near the spine of Santa Cruz Island, pretty close to the airport.
2012-05-27 34 -119 is on Santa Cruz Island.
2014-03-08 34 -119 is on Santa Cruz Island.

Achievements

s0meb0dy earned the Graticule Unlocked Achievement

by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (34, -119) graticule, here, on 2011-12-14.

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 {{graticule
-|map = <map lat="34" lon="-119" />
+   | lat= 34
-|w = [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]
+   | lon= -119
-|e = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]
+   | nw = [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]]
-|se = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
+   | n  = [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]
-|nw = [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]]
+   | ne = [[Tehachapi, California|Tehachapi]]
+   | w  = [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]
+   | name = [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]]
+   | e  = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]
+   | sw = [[Santa Rosa Island, California|Santa Rosa Island]]
+   | s  = [[San Nicolas Island, California|San Nicolas Island]]
+   | se = [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]
 }}
 '''Today's Location:'''
-[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=34&long=-119&zoom=9&abs=-1 Santa Barbara]]
+[{{Today's location|lat=34|lon=-119|text=Santa Barbara}}]
-Our graticule contains a lot of water, and a lot of very remote area in the Los Padres National Forest.    But eventually, we should get lucky, and land on the beach, so let's keep looking!
+Our graticule (latitude 34, longitude -119) contains a lot of water, and a lot of very remote area in the Los Padres National Forest.    But eventually, we should get lucky, and land on the beach, so let's keep looking!
-Note: Sunday's (2008-06-15) location is very good for SB residents, especially compared to Saturday's.
 ==Facebook Group==
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 Search for "XKCD GeoHash Santa Barbara/Santa Maria" on Facebook.
-==Daily Updates==
+==Considered geohashes==
+*2008-06-15 -- Today's location looks like an orchard on private property. Too bad, because it is pretty close to Santa Barbara, and not out to sea. --[[User:Pconrad|Pconrad]]
--06-18: Wednesday's location is in a private home, but it is just two blocks from the Oxnard Wal-Mart!    That might be an interesting location for some XCKD-style irony...
-Lots of nearby food too---mostly chain restaurants---including Chili's, Panda Express, and Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill.
-As it turns out, I'm in SLO all week though. [[User:Pconrad]]
 ==Identifiable Users Actively Monitoring the Page==
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 * [[User:f4hy]] has been monitoring irregularly. "If we get a coordinate closer to the coast I'll be there."
 * [[User:contraption]] checks once in a while and might just show up some time, probably on a weekend.
+* [[User:Qwertypi]] checking when I remember and waiting for a good SB/Goleta selection.
+* [[User:Capso]] Waiting to meet other folk living in, or willing to come around to, Santa Barbara or Goleta. Checking... err... "regularly". Ahem, also, I'm 'van Orman' in the Facebook group -- this is the only reason I signed up, so someone better be there when a reachable spot is decided.
+* [[User:kitk]] spreading the GeoHash community - one believer at a time...reservoir area today?
+* [[User:FuNx]] lives in Ventura but on weekends travels to Cerritos, which is in the slightly less Geohash-friendly graticule of [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]].
+* [[User:Dhilung]] waiting for some hike up to the geohash.
+* [[User:s0meb0dy|s0meb0dy]] has been lurking for a while, finally signed up.
+== Meetups ==
+* [[2008-06-07 34 -119]]: Wilderness near Ojai. Failed attempt by Jareds. First attempted hash in this graticule.
+* [[2011-12-14 34 -119]]: Hash point right on the Ojai Valley Trail. This was easy to get to. Even for [[User:s0meb0dy|s0meb0dy]]. Am I the first in this Graticule?
+* [[2012-03-16 34 -119]]: Hash point in the middle of Violeta St in Saticoy and within walking distance. Success! [[User:s0meb0dy|s0meb0dy]]
+* [[2019-03-23 34 -119]]: A parking lot in Oxnard. Success! [[User:Mckaysalisbury|McKay]] ([[User talk:Mckaysalisbury|talk]])
+===Channel Island hashpoints===
+* {{egl|2008-06-09|34|-119}} is on Santa Cruz Island
+* [[2012-05-10 34 -119]] is right near the spine of Santa Cruz Island, pretty close to the airport.
+* {{egl|2012-05-27|34|-119}} is on Santa Cruz Island.
+* {{egl|2014-03-08|34|-119}} is on Santa Cruz Island.
+==Achievements==
+{{Graticule unlocked|date=2011-12-14|latitude=34|longitude=-119|name=[[User:s0meb0dy|s0meb0dy]]}}
 ==Other comments that have been posted==
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 - My husband and I live in the area as well.  Today's (6-11-08) isn't too bad but jobs prevent wandering around outside all day.  Guess we will have to see what Saturday brings! --erife
 [[Category:California]]
-[[Category:Active Graticules]]
+[[Category:Inactive graticules]]

San Luis Obispo	Bakersfield	Tehachapi
Santa Maria	Santa Barbara	Los Angeles
Santa Rosa Island	San Nicolas Island	Long Beach
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