Difference between revisions of "Saturday meetup"

Latest revision as of 19:00, 15 April 2022

Felix Dance, Mdixon4, Rhonda, Lachie and Stevage meet up at the 28 December 2015 (a Monday) coordinates for Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia.

Based on the title text from the comic that established geohashing, the "official" meetup day was interpreted as being Saturday; that is, the day one would have the best chance of meeting others -- see also Mouseover Day. Additionally it was decided through convention that a good meeting time would be 16:00 local time (4:00 P.M.)¹

However, neither of these are hard rules, and they were formulated at a very different early stage in the sport's history. Nowadays and for quite awhile actually, any date or time can be good (or bad, depending on how many other hashers are near you) for meeting up, especially if prearranged. Note that this only applies to that day’s normal local geohash or globalhash coordinates, if you try to go to an alternate location without telling anyone else, it's highly unlikely you'd meet up with a hasher there (obviously).

¹Or earlier if that would be too close to sunset during the winter, or other quirks of temporal tradition; see your local graticule page for consensus there.

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-[[Image:2009-04-25 49 -123.grouppose.JPG|thumb|[[User:Rhonda|Rhonda]], [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] and [[User:Wade|Wade]] at the [[2009-04-25 49 -123|25 April 2009]] coordinates for Vancouver, BC, Canada]]
+<!--[[file:2022-03-26 47 -122 coyotebush 1648337308693.png|thumb|[[User:Coyotebush|Coyotebush]], [[User:Thomcat|Thomcat]], and [[User:Zebburkeconte|Zebburkeconte]] meet up at the [[2022-03-26 47 -122|26 March 2022]] (a Saturday) coordinates for [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], WA, United States.]]-->
-Official [[xkcd]] meetups happen every Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p.m.(*) at that day’s normal geohash coordinates. It is considered a Saturday meetup if you are there at 4:00 p.m. ''or'' if you meet people, but you are most likely to encounter other readers of xkcd if you go at the designated time. Bring games!
+[[file:geohash 2015-12-28 -37 147 03 Group.JPG|thumb|[[User:Felix Dance|Felix Dance]], [[User:Mdixon4|Mdixon4]], Rhonda, [[User:Lachie|Lachie]] and [[User:Stevage|Stevage]] meet up at the [[2015-12-28 -37 147|28 December 2015]] (a Monday) coordinates for [[Bairnsdale, Australia|Bairnsdale]], VIC, Australia.]]
-You're encouraged to geohash on any day of the week that the coordinates are accessible to you, but if you attempt one meetup all week, make a little extra effort to have it be on Saturday. All meetups start at 4:00 p.m. or as designated on the graticule page.
+Based on the title text from the [[xkcd#426|comic]] that established [[geohashing]], the "official" meetup day was interpreted as being Saturday; that is, the day one would have the best chance of meeting others -- see also [[Geohashing Day#Date of Celebration|Mouseover Day]]. Additionally it was decided through convention that a good meeting time would be 16:00 local time (4:00 P.M.)¹<!--ref></ref-->
-There's even an achievement for making it to [[xkcd centurion achievement|100 Saturday meetups]].
+However, neither of these are hard rules, and they were formulated at a very different early stage in the sport's history. Nowadays and for quite awhile actually, any date or time can be good (or bad, depending on how many other hashers are near you) for meeting up, especially if prearranged. Note that this only applies to that day’s normal local geohash or globalhash coordinates, if you try to go to an alternate location without telling anyone else, it's highly unlikely you'd meet up with a hasher there (obviously).
-<!-- When the coordinates fall within a body of water, you can rent a boat and win the [[Water Geohash]] achievement, or find a friendly hot air balloonist and go for [[Air Geohash]]. Use your imagination!
+[[category:meetup]]
-In other cases when it is unwise to attempt to access the generated coordinates, an alternate Saturday meetup can be suggested. As much fun as an expedition, with the addition of a [[:Category:Failed - Did not attempt]] the coordinates. -->
+[[category:definitions]]
+[[category:geohashing guide]]
-<small>*In some areas, 4:00pm is too close to sunset during the winter, so earlier meetups are often more appropriate.  See [[Active Graticules|individual graticule pages]] for local conventions.</small>
+<small>¹Or earlier if that would be too close to sunset during the winter, or other quirks of temporal tradition; see your local [[Active Graticules|graticule page]] for consensus there.</small>
-[[Category:Meetup]]
-[[Category:Definitions]]