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== Under Construction ==
 
This page is under construction while I get the markers themselves made. If you're here because you scanned the QR code on a sticker design to see where it leads, welcome! Feel free to [[Main Page|look around]] and [[Geohashing|learn about what geohashing is]]. The [[marker|main geohash marker page]] has a pretty good introduction on it as well.
 
 
(If you're here because you were looking at the [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] or [[User:XXOs|my user page]] then you probably already know what geohashing is, but you can always relearn it if you want! I'm not stopping you.)
 
 
I'm making a personal marker page so that I can have one QR code (to here) for all of my markers and a list of the relevent expedition pages here, rather than needing a unique QR code for each expedition.
 
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== Welcome! ==
 
== Welcome! ==
 
You're probably here because you found one of my [[Marker|markers]]! If so, welcome! The sticker that you found and scanned indicated that that location (or somewhere nearby) was once a [[geohash]] that I went to.
 
You're probably here because you found one of my [[Marker|markers]]! If so, welcome! The sticker that you found and scanned indicated that that location (or somewhere nearby) was once a [[geohash]] that I went to.
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== Expeditions ==
 
== Expeditions ==
If you'd like to read my expedition report for the geohash that you found, click on the link that matches the numbers on the sticker below:
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If you'd like to read my expedition report for the geohash that you found, click on the link that describes where you found the sticker:
* none so far
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* [[2024-04-21 45 11|on a drainpipe in Monselice, Italy]]
 
If you don't see it, either I haven't written the report or I've forgotten to link it here.
 
If you don't see it, either I haven't written the report or I've forgotten to link it here.
  
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=== What's up with the design? ===
 
=== What's up with the design? ===
Obviously, the QR code directs you to this page.-->
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Obviously, the QR code directs you to this page. The bird character is a [[wikipedia:Brush Bronzewing|brush bronzewing]] named Pico (a fursona of mine), and the [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cyndaquil_(Pok%C3%A9mon) Cyndaquil] plush is (representative of) my [[hashscot]], [[User:XXOs/Therm|Therm]]. The map pin shows that the sticker is at or near a past geohash.
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Revision as of 15:25, 21 April 2024

Welcome!

You're probably here because you found one of my markers! If so, welcome! The sticker that you found and scanned indicated that that location (or somewhere nearby) was once a geohash that I went to.

If you're the kind of person who regularly scans random QR codes on weird stickers, then that means there's a decent chance you'll enjoy geohashing.

Expeditions

If you'd like to read my expedition report for the geohash that you found, click on the link that describes where you found the sticker:

If you don't see it, either I haven't written the report or I've forgotten to link it here.

Info

What is a geohash?

Geohashing is a game invented by Randall Munroe in 2008 for his webcomic xkcd, where each day a random coordinate is generated in each graticule (1°x1° square on the globe), and the goal is simply to get to it. Most of the time, this location is probably going to be inaccessible - in private property, a body of water, or generally being just too far away (graticules are big)... but sometimes it's possible!

If you reach (or fail to reach) a geohash, usually you'll also write about it on this wiki - although that's optional. You can also claim achievements for doing something specific while going to (or while at) a geohash.

There are a lot of pages on this wiki that explain this a lot better than I can, so you should probably read them.

Can I remove the sticker?

Yep! I'm sorry if I've placed it somewhere inappropriate, so feel free to remove it.

What's up with the design?

Obviously, the QR code directs you to this page. The bird character is a brush bronzewing named Pico (a fursona of mine), and the Cyndaquil plush is (representative of) my hashscot, Therm. The map pin shows that the sticker is at or near a past geohash.