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Sunday 1 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.3491079341188037, 0.9162389042702137

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Monday 2 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.5095264463869317, 0.5215911826227673
East of -30°: 0.3859189793932023, 0.0292893119354716

Arrow4.png Note: The above coordinates are indeed correct. The coordinates for west of -30° were originally disputed due to an error in the reference implementation using corrupted data for Monday 2 June. If you have concerns, direct them to Talk:2008-06-02.

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Tuesday 3 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.9579926703969455, 0.12893491871843724
East of -30°: 0.7427834473658905, 0.6356494013762755

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Successfully reached by Joel at lunchtime.
Also reached by Erica and her cousin Lauren around 4pm.

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Wednesday 4 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.18029229786871545, 0.8450323290648286
East of -30°: 0.7008177097112361, 0.704888801316744

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-04 Malmö, Sweden - In a beautiful field just north east of Lake Vomb outside Sjöbo. Aerial photo
  • 2008-06-04 Anchorage, AK - In undeveloped land just off Tudor West of Lake Otis. The second most accessible location since the algorithm was published. (Accessible with proper footwear, In the middle of a marsh)
  • 2008-06-04 San Jose, CA - Reached by Tapin on the side of a poison-oak-covered hill in Almaden Quicksilver County Park fairly close to sunset; didn't see any evidence of other geohashers.
  • 2008-06-04 Los Angeles, CA - In the valley just off the 101, Hampshire exit. There's a good Mexican place and a Claim Jumpers nearby. Might go there for dinner. Daniel 16:46, 4 June 2008 (UTC)
  • 2008-06-04 Surrey, BC - In the parking lot of a Korean church slated for demolition. Robyn 02:19, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

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Thursday 5 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.06643914199743647, 0.18438924052414973
East of -30°: 0.3023171947630265, 0.4839450359119979

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-05 London North, Ontario Canada - spot on the shore of fanshawe lake, passing through a construction site and several fields.
  • 2008-06-05 Boston, MA - On the Foxborough/Sharon line. Site was successfully reached at 3PM.
  • 2008-06-05 Fayetteville, AR - on private property through excessively dense woods. close but not quite there.
  • 2008-06-05 Burlington, VT - In the woods near Otter Creek and a campground in New Haven. Successfully reached (within error of GPS device anyway).
  • 2008-06-05 San Bernardino, CA - On a road in a residential neighborhood of Redlands. Felt extremely sketchy at night (9:30 PM), but successfully reached (at least per Google Maps).
  • 2008-06-05 Herzliya, Israel - In a field, in the outskirts of the city. Successfully reached, but had no GPS and the satellite photo was not exactly accurate.
  • 2008-06-05 Cape Cod, MA - In the Cape Cod National Seashore area, just north of Provincetown, MA. Successfully reached, but on the following Saturday (2008-06-07).
  • 2008-06-05 Nenana, AK - North of Denali State Park, between Healey and Anderson just off the Parks Highway, through bog and mosquitoes lay our destination.

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Friday 6 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.759663019349, 0.825382371774
East of -30°: 0.52381460216, 0.2954071527349

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Saturday 7 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.501784229045, 0.114370840919

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-07 Champaign/Urbana, Illinois - Brett made it to the coordinates after an easy drive north from Champaign. He expected to meet other geohashers, but none showed up. He left a flag marking the spot.
  • 2008-06-07 Edmonton Alberta, Canada - 2 Groups met up at the geohash which landed in the back yard of a private acreage
  • 2008-06-07 Kyiv, Ukraine in a forestlet between two fields not far from Mriya (The Dream) resort. grep was here ;)
  • 2008-06-07 Eindhoven, Netherlands in farmland south of Tilburg. Reached by Paul
  • 2008-06-07 Gelsenkirchen, NRW, Germany - On a football field very close to Gelsenkirchen railway station. Kliment and TinoM will be there. Food will be available.
  • 2008-06-07 Malmö, Sweden - It's near road 101 on the opposite side from Vellinge golf club.
  • 2008-06-07 Santa Barbara - Wilderness near Ojai. Jareds will probably be there. UPDATE: He's incompetent. He thought he could get within 2 miles of the coordinates via "Sisar Rd", but it turns into an unpaved road/trail that is soon blocked by a gate, which is just as well since it goes through a creek. This was 8 miles from the point he intended to leave the "road" following the "road" itself, though only four miles as the crow flies, but he is not a crow. He had enough to drink to continue on foot, but turned back at 5pm since he was way late and wouldn't be able to reach the coordinates and return to his car until after dark but he had no flashlight. Some cyclists passed him on the trail, but he was solving a Rubik's cube and believes they would have stopped if they were xkcd readers.
  • 2008-06-07 Los Angeles - Between Acton and Palmdale. Four folks from three groups showed up. Found a snake.
  • 2008-06-07 Santa Ana - Temecula Valley High School Soccer Field. Wine tasting anyone?
  • 2008-06-07 San Bernardino - Desert near Apple Valley. Successfully reached by far_call.
  • 2008-06-07 Washington DC, West - In a wooded area west of La Plata, Maryland. Successfully reached by Ciel
  • 2008-06-07 London West, United Kingdom - Between platforms 13 and 14 of Waterloo Station. Krunch was there (first time). Overall, about 14 people turned up, including a a three year old boy. One of them brought the game "Ticket to Ride" in a strangely copious briefcase which was then played amongst the trains.
  • 2008-06-07 Boston, Massachusetts - On route 95 South, directly underneath the exit 37A 1/4 mile sign. 12 or so people met in a nearby park, drove past the hash at about 40 MPH in a caravan, then returned to the park for frisbee, Blokus, and Fluxx.
  • 2008-06-07 Vienna, Austria - Somewhere in a field.
  • 2008-06-07 Baltimore, Maryland Coordinates located on a lovely beach at a Rehabilitation Clinic in Havre De Grace, MD. Will be attempting to reach if not stopped by strung-out indigenous inhabitants.
  • 2008-06-07 Clearfield, Utah - Almost reached by Kaldric. Got about 185 yards from site, decided not to trespass.
  • 2008-06-07 Linköping, Sweden - Southeast of Motala. Effbot found a towel at the target location, and almost got caught by the police on the way back (don't ask ;-).
  • 2008-06-07 Omaha, NE (west) - Inside of a fenced field near a road northwest of Fort Calhoun.
  • 2008-06-07 Spokane, WA - The problem with the west coast is highly uneven density - but Hwy 27 is a nice drive anyways.
  • 2008-06-07 Ottawa, ON - Three of us spent about ten minutes in a bug-infested forest vaguely close to the coordinates, then went and had a picnic somewhere else. Successful outing!
  • 2008-06-07 Denton, Texas - My fiancée, her dog, and I trekked through a thick forest to land on the exact coordinates and had a picnic, getting lost in the woods on the way back to the car. Reached by Smegs.
  • 2008-06-07 Seattle, WA - Geohash was located in the back yard of a private property, but the accommodating owner agreed to allow a picnic. Successful outing with Twister!
  • 2008-06-07 Grand Rapids, MI - Approximate location was sighted from the road by smq and girlfriend. No one else appeared to be around.
  • 2008-06-07 Detroit, MI - Right in someone's driveway. Meetup was maybe 80 feet north in a nice shaded area by a sidewalk.
  • 2008-06-07 Nashville, TN - Kurochi and his girlfriend drove a couple of hours with BBQ to tihs remote farm in the hills, didn't see anyone XKCD-esque but the food was delicious!
  • 2008-06-07 Reno, Nevada - Paveman followed a bumpy, rocky utility road to the middle of the desert. Although he brought coffee and sandwich fixings, no other hashers were present.
  • 2008-06-07 Tallahassee, Florida - Brian, James, James, and John ventured to the geohash spot, met equine and canine friends, went velociraptor hunting, then enjoyed some refreshment and gameplay at a nearby cafe.
  • 2008-06-07 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Psychopez, MikeH and friend in town from Albany, NY, and Kelly M and Emily met in the parking lot of a nursing home at the Pittsburgh West geohash. The location was behind the building, in the woods, and we had insufficient permissions to venture to the exact spot. Asked a nurse walking to her car to take picture of 5 people who met at a location because the internets told them to.
  • 2008-06-07 Atlanta, Georgia - ElSupreme decided to attempt the longest bicycle geohash, about 45 miles through the center of Atlanta to the location. It was well over 95 degrees the entire way, and only made it about 15 miles back before starting to suffer from Hyperthermia, then called in a rescue ride home.
  • 2008-06-07 San Francisco, CA - Zigdon and Cwolves got withing 700m of this water geohash by managing to get on an abandoned pier.
  • 2008-06-07 Canberra, Australia - Failed to reach the hash due to it being at the bottom of a cliff.
  • 2008-06-07 Houston, TX - Tradiuz and SmartGirl83 drove out there, and spent some time at the nearby Fry's Electronics beforehand.
  • 2008-06-07 Waco, TX - elenaran and GreyGndalf hiked out to the middle of a cornfield in search of other geohashers.
  • 2008-06-07 55 12 - Spotted by SolidHydrogen near Højelse, Denmark, but not reached as it was in a private cow barn.

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Sunday 8 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.0475817017349, 0.230915938884

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Monday 9 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.0377307834863, 0.79050705031
East of -30°: 0.162151729594, 0.0417801888771

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Tuesday 10 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.8758452385, 0.099768410037
East of -30°: 0.0930472370862, 0.51119778115

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Wednesday 11 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.465719991106, 0.726359952605
East of -30°: 0.553532499632, 0.398799858588

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Thursday 12 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.511448896121, 0.633266302008
East of -30°: 0.790670603195, 0.33553275755

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Friday 13 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.576378982445, 0.158377823874
East of -30°: 0.321696042405, 0.278954320636

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-13 63 10 63.321696°, 10.278954° - Just off the E39, just where it takes off from the E6. Just inside Trondheim kommune. AshleyMorton made it! Clearly a popular fishing hole. Pictures tonight. Arrived at 11:50pm. Good thing it never gets dark here! New Northernmost successful geohash!
  • 2008-06-13 51 -0 51.321696°, -0.278954° - West London Graticule. As it was extremely close to my desk, I popped by today's geohash in Epsom, Surrey and took a few pictures from the closest road. The actual spot is on private property. The photo shows a tree (beyond the lamppost) which I believe to be the geohash location.
  • 2008-06-13 42 -71 42.576378N, 71.158378W - Boston graticule. A visit to a World War I memorial in the middle of a traffic island in charming Wilmington, MA.
  • 2008-06-13 47 -122 47.57637N, 122.15837W - Seattle graticule. Just off I-90 in South Bellevue, in a driveway.

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Saturday 14 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.806746324522, 0.0388868587671

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Sunday 15 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.475380817774, 0.761276686309

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Monday 16 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.401592307121, 0.189481230764
East of -30°: 0.65486258438, 0.696401815139

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-16 Newark, NJ: I'll be there around 2:30pm, and I'll be hitting up the overpass so I can park safely. I will probably hang around in the parking lot to the northwest for a while afterward. I'm on FRS channel 6 if you want to get in touch. --LangleyLGLF 16:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
  • 2008-06-16 San Francisco, CA: Just off Alpine Road, near Stanford University's campus.
  • 2008-06-16 41 -122 -- Yreka, California Appears to be at or very near the summit of Mt. Shasta[Map]. It would be interesting to hear if anyone snags this one.
  • 2008-06-16 Frederick, MD: I was there at 1600ET, so was the rain, not far away I measured 1.5". --TheWoodenRadio

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Tuesday 17 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.134594118413, 0.911702597568
East of -30°: 0.304224251574, 0.131600521624

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Wednesday 18 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.223991328102, 0.1639119277
East of -30°: 0.363488035554, 0.751272338658

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Thursday 19 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.844501394231, 0.686916504556
East of -30°: 0.35679583073, 0.831861279605

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Friday 20 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.866395129611, 0.227014115829
East of -30°: 0.881283082188, 0.0866543637585

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Saturday 21 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.979317654567, 0.613962101849

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Sunday 22 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.746529263743, 0.264232823106 

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Monday 23 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.592778399212, 0.219295754279
East of -30°: 0.255062761291, 0.609565859506

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Tuesday 24 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.844313829669, 0.729275284326
East of -30°: 0.656855630923, 0.741109459715

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Wednesday 25 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.673988334543, 0.835258940784
East of -30°: 0.912589954956, 0.747657128888

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Thursday 26 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.446000981877, 0.696254750234
East of -30°: 0.980391345816, 0.728662915275

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Friday 27 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.618945916481, 0.230618628863
East of -30°: 0.878973075391, 0.060294691179

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Saturday 28 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.658110958785, 0.365634176823 

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-28 Washington DC, West Six people! Hot. Us, and the weather. Old man in minivan left, the other five retreated inside for card games.
  • 2008-06-28 Seattle, Washington Between Ballard and Fremont, right off the Burke Gilman Trail and a major bus route, and at the end of the alley a pub. Many achievements will happen this day!
  • 2008-06-28 Denver, Colorado After weeks of declining participation, we had eight people show up for a short hike into the woods north of Evergreen, Colorado.
  • 2008-06-28 Detroit, Michigan Eight people, including the current youngest and oldest geohashers, gathered for dominoes, frisbee and unicycling in Waterford, Michigan.
  • 2008-06-28 Wenatchee, WA Four people (and the car... MNIMB!) made it within 200 ft of site, just off a forest service road on Dinkleman Ridge near Entiat. Lucky there was a turn-around or we would have had to back down the mountain.
  • 2008-06-28 Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia's first documented Geohash. Two people came, played Boggle, and ate ice cream.
  • 2008-06-28 Jacksonville, FL Jacksonville's first documented Geohash! Two people and a Dog!
  • 2008-06-28 Boston, MA Eight Geohashers met up deep in the Lowell-Dracut-Tyngsboro State Forest to be eaten by mosquitoes. Following this they absconded to Spartan Pizza to recover.
  • 2008-06-28 Cincinnati, Ohio Just N of Germantown. m5rammy will be there and invites all to his open house today.

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Sunday 29 June 2008

Coordinates

All locations: 0.608045962576, 0.575446623441 

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Monday 30 June 2008

Coordinates

West of -30°: 0.782433458368, 0.274832882723
East of -30°: 0.353481940306, 0.476858053762

Expeditions

  • 2008-06-30 Seattle, Washington -- Private property, near a pool, in the Brier neighborhood of North Seattle. Thomcat will drop by at 2:30 on his way home.
  • 2008-06-30 Aurora, Illinois -- Just off the sidewalk at the corner of Indian Trail and Havenshire Rd. As it is about a mile from his job site, Qwirk will be there after work at about 3:15pm central time.
  • 2008-06-30 Detroit, Michigan -- In thick woods, between Joslyn Rd and a golf course, around the town of Lake Orion. Fun stuff nonetheless.

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