Difference between revisions of "User:Bishop Wash"

Revision as of 05:57, 27 September 2008

Introduction

After reading the XKCD cartoon introducing the idea of geohashing I wanted to get a GPS unit and start geohashing and geocaching. Finally, late in the summer of 2008 I purchased a Garmin eTrex Venture Cx. Now I can join in on the fun.

Achievements

Wedding_Anniversary_Geohash: 2000-09-09_35_-106

Bishop Wash earned the Land geohash achievement

by reaching the (34, -106) geohash on 2008-09-20.

Bishop Wash earned the Drag-along achievement

by dragging my wife to the (34, -106) geohash on 2008-09-20.

Bishop Wash achieved level 1 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement

by visiting coordinates in Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico and 1 of the surrounding graticules.

Bishop Wash earned the Restricted area achievement

by accessing the (35, -106) geohash at a restricted Kirtland AFB site on 2008-09-22.

Hashes

Graticule

My local graticule is [Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico]. [Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico]

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+== Graticule ==
+My local graticule is [[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=35&long=-106&zoom=9&abs=-1 Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico]].
+[[http://irc.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}}&lat=35&long=-106&zoom=9&abs=-1 Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico]]