Talk:Portland, Oregon

Mouseover Day 2009 Planning

Geohashing Day 2009 is about a hour north of Portland, near La Centre and Battleground Washington. Mouseover Day's location is still north of Portland, but closer to I-5, putting it only 30 minutes away from city center.

Jhon is bringing Pie. From where I am, Saturday's location is a 45min drive, 2009 Retrohash is an hour and 15. I'm sure you're in a similar but reversed boat, Jim. Google informs me that from my house to Saturday's hashpoint to 2009 Retrohash to Home is a 2 hour round trip. If I manage to drag someone else along, I'd be up for that. (Or about 3:20 from P-town through the 45,-123 graticle)

Jim So, for mouse-over day, it seems like we have about 5 hashpoints to choose from.

1) The Saturday hashpoint for Portland http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-05-23&lat=45&long=-122&zoom=8

2) The Saturday hashpoint for McMinnville http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-05-23&lat=45&long=-123&zoom=8

3) The 2008 RetroHash McMinnville http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-21&lat=45&long=-123&zoom=8

4) The 2009 RetroHash Portland (LaCentre Washington)

5) The 2009 RetroHash for McMinnville This is Thursday's hashpoint out on 26. http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2009-05-21&lat=45&long=-123&zoom=8

6) The 2008 RetroHash Portland is 20 miles south of Portland. http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date=2008-05-21&lat=45&long=-122&zoom=8

Number 5 might be the closest in. At least for me.

3riador would find the fifth option easiest. It's also a very convenient location in terms of getting off of the roads and to the point.

fkoran could do 1 or 6 by bike, otherwise he'll have to convince a car-driving friend to go.

Other conversations

Wil: Anyone know why August 17th is "notable?"

admalledd: No idea.

Unless someone can say why it needs to stay, I'm going to be deleting that section at some point. Also, I'll probably be cleaning up the Daily Locations section by moving all of the text below each date to the YYYY-MM-DD_45_-122 pages RSN. Wil 23:06, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup, Wil. Do you know who has the first geohash in this graticule? --Thomcat 15:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Thomcat, Drache and NoTerminal had the first geohash in the world, and they had it in this graticule.  :) Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I completed my cleanup of the Portland page yesterday. The only thing I noticed that need help with is contacting Erin, who was at the 2008-05-26 geohash and who promised us pictures but never posted any. Wil 16:37, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Damn you all in Portland for having an active location. I am the only local to ever visit a Eugene location... It is hard to go when you know you will be the only one there. Grr.

It's a shame that none of the recent (and not-so-recent) expeditions have been written up so that the rest of us can enjoy reading about them. (Or did nobody actually go? Several people are listed as expressing interest.) Can I please encourage you all to write something -- anything! -- about your expeditions? Thanks. -- Benjw 17:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

I second Benjw's request. Make quickie expedition pages showing whether or not you reached the coordinates, just so that we an count you in the global statistics. -Robyn 17:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)