2008-05-21

From Geo Hashing

[edit] Coordinates

 0.17946799469778313, 0.8615360124576236

The sport of Geohashing officially launched with the release of xkcd comic #426 on 21 May 2008.

[edit] Expeditions

Blacksburg, Virginia -- The coordinates reside in a farm off of VA-42 near Dismal Falls.

Boston, Massachusetts -- The coordinates are in a wooded area to the south of Washington Street (Route 20) near Prospect Street in Auburn, MA. - 2008-05-21 42 -71

Carlisle, United Kingdom -- The coordinates are in the sands of Morecambe Bay, Lancashire. Closest safe location is a beach near a caravan park outside Silverdale.

Chicago, Illinois -- The coordinates are in a farm field to the northeast of Bourbonnais, IL

Houston, Texas -- The coordinates are at the center of the North face of a trapezoidal arrangement of trees, as far from major towns and highways as it is possible to get in this graticule

Los Angeles, California -- The coordinates are at the intersection of Thousand Oaks Blvd. and the southbound CA 23 offramp in Thousand Oaks, CA.

Portland, Oregon -- The coordinates are in a riparian zone near a farm, off of I-5, near Broadacres, OR.

Rochester, New York -- 2008-05-21 43 -77

San Jose, California -- The coordinates are in the mountains of Santa Cruz - 2008-05-21 37 -121

Seattle, Washington -- The coordinates are in the center of a large field at the southern tip of Hartstene Island, which is just north of Olympia.

[edit] Plans

User:xkcd will attempt to be the first to reach these coordinates in Boston.

User:zigdon will be heading to the coordinate in San Fransisco Eastern Bay area.

Expeditions and Plans

Austin, Texas - picture, Shinwa - Somewhere

San Jose, California - Relsqui, Zigdon - These coordinates were located in the San Jose, California graticule on 2008-05-21, in the Santa Cruz mou...

Boston, Massachusetts - Randall - 42.179467N, 71.861536W These coordinates were south of Worcester, in the t...

Rochester, New York - Cogit0, Sara, Caroline - These coordinates are located in the Rochester, New York graticule on 2008-05-21, in Spencerport along C...

Carlisle, United Kingdom - Nick Taylor - On 21st May 2008, the day the algorithm was published, the geohash for Carlisle...

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