Talk:Globalhash

I love the idea. Just as Ph. or M.S. Fogg would do. --Tom 17:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I just need someone to help code this; I can edit code a bit, but I wouldn't know where to start with this. I have no real web coding expertise. -Wmcduff 17:41, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I keep an eye on the Globalhash, just in case... today (16th of February) it falls in Libya. If you zoom in on satellite view about half way and look a little north there are a lot of black circles. Does anyone know what they are? http://www.drwilco.net/globalhash/map.html. --Kate 13:23, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

They look like center pivot irrigation systems, but could be anything. Some of them appear green at certain times. On the ones to the left you can make out the device that circles these circles. -- relet 13:32, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

S-i-g-h-t-e-d-P-e-o-p-l-e-S-u-c-k --Ilpadre 15:16, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Australian Globalhash

The hash for Friday 2009-03-13 looks very reachable for a globalhash. Any chance of a good Aussie expedition? --Woodveil 14:55, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmmm - would love to try this one if I had nothing on today. It's about five hours north of Sydney, and probably achievable. I don;t know of any active geohashers in the northern part of our state though... --CJ 15:04, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

If I read right, the globalhash in question is for Friday. So if you have 5 hours of spare time tomorrow...--Woodveil 15:09, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

But in Sydney, it's tomorrow already, I think! (And by the way, is Friday 13th really the best day to be globalhashing?) :-) -- Benjw 15:21, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes - it certainly is Friday here already! We live in the future here in Australia (well, compared to you at least) --CJ 16:13, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

That's a great location, but ... are you using 2009-03-12 DOW and 2009-03-13 as the date to generate the coordinates? How does this work for east-of 30W?

I check the globalhash daily using the Online Globalhashing Tool, as featured on the Globalhash page. I personally don't know what numbers it uses, but it always shows me the globalhash a day in advance. From what I can tell, it gives the entire earth the same hash for a given day, using the Dow opening from the day before. So for anyone East of 30W, the globalhash for a given day uses the same Dow opening as that day's geohash (i.e. the previous day's Dow opening). But West of 30W, the globalhash also uses the previous day's Dow opening even though the geohash uses the Dow opening from that morning. I hope that makes sense to anyone else... Or could anyone explain it better? --Woodveil 16:07, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I see it now, it always uses the date before what you enter, (which works out to the same day for the eastern hemisphere,) and the Dow opening for that day. If you check for a Monday, it will presumably use the preceding Friday's open, and Sunday's date. That way it can get the same globalhash for the whole world, and with a meaningful amount of time to reach it. -- Jevanyn 17:52, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Globalhashes for Easter weekend

The Online Globalhashing Tool appears to be unaware that the Dow is closed for Good Friday (2009-04-10). So, although I can see the 4/10 globalhash (eastern Russia), I can't see the points for Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. --starbird 01:55, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

I use this tool (fill in your exact lat and long in the address) which has them ok. They are:

• Today: N 65°14.990 E 165°29.954. Graticule: Unnamed, probably Russia
• Saturday: N 2°34.982 E 51°04.899. Graticule: Unnamed, probably Northern Africa
• Sunday: S 24°21.339 E 150°56.262. Graticule: Biloela, Australia
• Monday: S 76°43.414 E 122°49.570. Graticule: Unnamed, probably Antarctica

What I am mildly surprised about is that another day's hashes haven't been released. Is Easter Monday not a holiday in the USA? -- Benjw 07:35, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Benjw. No, some US businesses (and the financial markets) are closed on Good Friday, but the following Monday is not generally observed.

Sunday's point looks like a second chance for Brisbane and some of the hardcore crazies further south (see the 2009-03-01 globalhash). Saturday's point off Somalia is more intruiging, though. What kind of ribbon do you get for meeting REAL PIRATES at a water hash? --starbird 08:57, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Trail of blood consolation prize, I should think! -- Benjw 11:22, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

At least. There are several naval ships in the area as well (US and India off the top of my head) and the latest hijacking in the area was pretty close to those coordinates. -- Jevanyn 15:09, 10 April 2009 (UTC)