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There is a reachable Globalhash today (2012-02-03) but you'd need a boat. Sourcerer 10:56, 3 February 2012 (EST)

I'm not sure where those coordinates come from, but today's UK (ie 30W) decimals are 0.61303061, 0.33535875, are they not? That would give a globalhash at N 20°20.731 W 59°16.251, which is nowhere near the UK, boat or no. -- — Benjw _{talk} 12:02, 3 February 2012 (EST)

I'm afraid it is the DrWilco site misleading another person.... Jiml 12:24, 3 February 2012 (EST)

RE: This map...

Hashed graticules are green -- dark if they are currently active, light if they are not. Yellow graticules are flagged as active but have not yet had a successful expedition.

	-8	-7	-6	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1	-0	+0	+1
60							60,-2	60,-1	60,-0
59						59,-3	59,-2	59,-1
58		58,-7	58,-6	58,-5	58,-4	58,-3	58,-2
57	57,-8	57,-7	57,-6	57,-5	57,-4	57,-3	57,-2	57,-1
56		56,-7	56,-6	56,-5	56,-4	56,-3	56,-2
55		55,-7	55,-6	55,-5	55,-4	55,-3	55,-2	55,-1
54	54,-8	54,-7	54,-6	54,-5	54,-4	54,-3	54,-2	54,-1	54,-0
53					53,-4	53,-3	53,-2	53,-1	53,-0	53,0
52				52,-5	52,-4	52,-3	52,-2	52,-1	52,-0	52,0	52,1
51				51,-5	51,-4	51,-3	51,-2	51,-1	51,-0	51,0	51,1
50				50,-5	50,-4	50,-3	50,-2	50,-1	50,-0	50,0
49			49,-6	49,-5			49,-2

I've just manually updated the status of every graticule, but it's far from ideal: it often gets hopelessly outdated; for an island nation like Britain, it is difficult to visualise what is sea and what is land. There are a few virgin graticules still up in mainland Scotland, but determining at a glance exactly where they are is highly counterintuitive.

By contrast, I've been using http://relet.net/geco/stats.html - auto-updates, has a full geographical map underneath, goes into more detail about each graticule's activity. Can we embed it somehow to replace this table and enhance the 'Map' section? --SpiritofMaurice (talk) 08:37, 7 October 2013 (EDT)

I did an update in Jan 2015 with paler colours for legibility. The relet.net site is not working right now. All the non-coloured graticules are virgin. --Sourcerer (talk) 14:34, 20 January 2015 (EST)

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 There is a reachable Globalhash [http://www.drwilco.net/globalhash/map.html?date=2012-02-03&zoom=2&abs=1 today (2012-02-03)] but you'd need a boat. [[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] 10:56, 3 February 2012 (EST)
+:I'm not sure where those coordinates come from, but today's UK (ie 30W) decimals are 0.61303061, 0.33535875, are they not?  That would give a globalhash at N 20°20.731 W 59°16.251, which is nowhere near the UK, boat or no. -- — <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml">[[User:Benjw|Benjw]]</span>&nbsp; <sub>{[[User talk:Benjw|talk]]}</sub> 12:02, 3 February 2012 (EST)
+:I'm afraid it is the DrWilco site misleading another person.... [[User:Jiml|Jiml]] 12:24, 3 February 2012 (EST)
+== RE: This map... ==
+Hashed graticules are green -- dark if they are currently active, light if they are not.  Yellow graticules are flagged as active but have not yet had a successful expedition.
+{|cellpadding=4
+! !! -8 !! -7 !! -6 !! -5 !! -4 !! -3 !! -2 !! -1 !! -0 !! +0 !! +1
+|-
+! 60
+|colspan=6| || [[60,-2]] || [[60,-1]] || [[60,-0]]
+|-
+! 59
+|colspan=5| || [[59,-3]] || [[59,-2]] || [[59,-1]]
+|-
+! 58
+| || [[58,-7]] || [[58,-6]] || [[58,-5]] || [[58,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[58,-3]] || [[58,-2]]
+|-
+! 57
+| [[57,-8]] || [[57,-7]] || [[57,-6]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[57,-5]] || [[57,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[57,-3]] ||bgcolor=green| [[57,-2]] || [[57,-1]]
+|-
+! 56
+| || [[56,-7]] || [[56,-6]] || [[56,-5]] || [[56,-4]] ||bgcolor=green|  [[56,-3]] ||bgcolor=green|  [[56,-2]]
+|-
+! 55
+| || [[55,-7]] || [[55,-6]] || [[55,-5]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[55,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[55,-3]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[55,-2]] || [[55,-1]]
+|-
+! 54
+| [[54,-8]] || [[54,-7]] || [[54,-6]] || [[54,-5]] || [[54,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen|[[54,-3]] ||bgcolor=green| [[54,-2]] ||bgcolor=green| [[54,-1]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[54,-0]]
+|-
+! 53
+|colspan=4| || [[53,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[53,-3]] ||bgcolor=green| [[53,-2]] ||bgcolor=green| [[53,-1]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[53,-0]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[53,0]]
+|-
+! 52
+|colspan=3| || [[52,-5]] || [[52,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[52,-3]] ||bgcolor=green| [[52,-2]] ||bgcolor=green| [[52,-1]] ||bgcolor=green| [[52,-0]] ||bgcolor=green| [[52,0]] ||bgcolor=green| [[52,1]]
+|-
+! 51
+|colspan=3| || [[51,-5]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[51,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[51,-3]] ||bgcolor=green| [[51,-2]] ||bgcolor=green| [[51,-1]] ||bgcolor=green| [[51,-0]] ||bgcolor=green| [[51,0]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[51,1]]
+|-
+! 50
+|colspan=3| ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[50,-5]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[50,-4]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[50,-3]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[50,-2]] ||bgcolor=green| [[50,-1]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[50,-0]] ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[50,0]]
+|-
+! 49
+|colspan=2| || [[49,-6]] || [[49,-5]] ||colspan=2| ||bgcolor=lightgreen| [[49,-2]]
+|}
+I've just manually updated the status of every graticule, but it's far from ideal: it often gets hopelessly outdated; for an island nation like Britain, it is difficult to visualise what is sea and what is land. There are a few virgin graticules still up in mainland Scotland, but determining at a glance exactly where they are is highly counterintuitive.
+By contrast, I've been using http://relet.net/geco/stats.html - auto-updates, has a full geographical map underneath, goes into more detail about each graticule's activity.
+Can we embed it somehow to replace this table and enhance the 'Map' section? --[[User:SpiritofMaurice|SpiritofMaurice]] ([[User talk:SpiritofMaurice|talk]]) 08:37, 7 October 2013 (EDT)
+: I did an update in Jan 2015 with paler colours for legibility. The relet.net site is not working right now. All the non-coloured graticules are virgin. --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 14:34, 20 January 2015 (EST)