Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Today's Locations: Philadelphia (North) Philadelphia (South)

Philadelphia is split between two primary graticules, as the city is bisected by the 40th parallel. The southern Philadelphia graticule is at 39 N, -75 W. The northern graticule is at 40 N, -75 W. Parts of the Far Northeast are in the Newark, New Jersey graticule, and many of the South Jersey suburbs are in the Atlantic City, New Jersey graticule; those may be more convenient to get to for some people, depending on the coordinates of the day.

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[edit] Neighboring Graticules

Berwick, PA Scranton, PA Newburgh, NY
Harrisburg, PA Philadelphia, PA Newark, NJ
Baltimore, MD Atlantic City, NJ
Washington, DC (East) Salisbury, MD Cape May, NJ

[edit] Areas within the North Graticule

  • Pennsylvania
    • "Allentown, PA" redirects here.
    • half of Philadelphia, including Northwest Philadelphia, North Philadelphia north of approximately Allegheny Avenue, and most of Northeast Philadelphia
    • about half of Chester County
    • Most of Montgomery, Bucks, and Berks Counties, including Reading, Doylestown, Norristown, and most of the Main Line
    • All of the Lehigh Valley
    • Most of Carbon and Monroe Counties
    • Small parts of Luzerne and Pike Counties
  • New Jersey
    • Parts of Hunterdon and Warren Counties

[edit] Areas within the South Graticule

  • Pennsylvania
    • half of Philadelphia, including Center City, South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and North Philadelphia south of approximately Allegheny Avenue
    • Most of Delaware and Chester Counties
  • Delaware
    • All of New Castle County including Wilmington and Newark
    • Most of Kent County including Dover
    • Most of Delaware Bay
  • Maryland
    • Most of Cecil County, and parts of Kent, Queen Anne's, and Caroline Counties
  • New Jersey
    • Parts of Camden County including Camden and Haddonfield
    • Parts of Gloucester and Cumberland Counties
    • All of Salem County

(The South Graticule is one of 10 known graticules to span 4 US states.)

[edit] Local Geohashers

  • jake is in Willow Grove, cycle equiped, and has a portable grill.
  • Casey is in Philly and willing to visit geohashes in the city.
  • TLP is here, but lazy and car-less. Will attempt (very) nearby hashes.
  • Olorwen is also here, but also currently car-less. Will attempt some Delaware hashes!
  • cpthomp is here in Newark, and has a car, up for Delaware, PA, MD hashes
  • cshulse is in Philadelphia and is hoping for a Saturday Meetup between 39.5 and 40.5 because gas is quite pricey these days.
  • rkweicker lives in Philly - and will definitely hit up any hashes that are in and around the city.
  • tjs204 lives in Bethlehem - goes to Lehigh - and is quite un-car'd. Will attempt any local, Bethlehem area Meet-Ups
  • TheWaySheGoes is in Philadelphia and ready to give hashing a try! Bicycle and car equipt up for all kinds of hashes.
  • Skavoovee is in Collegeville and would love to give this a shot! Has a car and is willing to drive around a bit!
  • rseasmith is in the Allentown area and will definitely try to do this. He has a car and is willing to drive as long as it's not TOO far (gas prices are killing me).
  • TexasDex is in Philly but is without car until... probably a long time. I'd happily attempt a meetup that is SEPTA/bike accessible; other meetings probably not, unless my car-owning XKCD friend is interested.
  • IchiroKatsuo is smack-dab in the middle of south jersey, and is another car-less 'hasher. will also attemt some AC geohashes, cause he's within walking distance of the border.
  • Jsharpminor is a musician in the Allentown area who had seen the Geohashing comic and didn't think much of it until 24 July 2008...now he's interested in possibly doing some meetups!
  • Chris is a Jerseyite in the North region who caught the bug on July 24th, 2008 with his first hash! Has a car! Range extends with interest!
  • Kyla can't believe Chris got her into this. From the Bethlehem area, owns a car, recognizable by a black fedora.
  • Peppage Lives in south Jersey and is ready to drive/go exciting places.
  • Jevanyn lives in Somerville, and is a supporter of the Museum or Art (the one with the Rocky statue), so he's in the city on occasion.

[edit] Attempted Geohashes

[edit] Saturday, October 18, 2008

North

Success! Details: 2008-10-18_40_-75

[edit] Saturday, July 12, 2008

North

Success! Details: 2008-07-12_40_-75

[edit] Saturday, June 28, 2008

North

rseasmith was late and forgot his camera! :( No one else showed up however, so no harm done.

South

Success! Read all about it here: 2008-06-28_39_-75

[edit] Cool Geohash Locations

If a day's geohash falls on somewhere cool (like Citizens Bank Park or the Liberty Bell), note it here!

[edit] 8/14/08

South

Dude, crop circles! Just to the west are tracks of the center pivot irrigation line. One of them was in operation when the photo was taken, at heading 150.

[edit] 6/03/08

South

Right in the middle of the Delaware River between Philadelphia and Camden, just North of the Ben Franklin Bridge.

[edit] Daily Locations

[edit] 5/24/08 - Saturday

North

Near Township Line Rd and Pothouse Rd, west of Phoenixville, PA.

South

In a farm outside Camden, DE.

[edit] 5/31/08

(Quick note: Are y'all aware of the Guerilla Drive-In? Saturday's spot isn't far from West Chester.)

[edit] 6/21/08 - Saturday

South

In the road in front of 186(?) Caswallen Dr, West Chester, near the intersection of Frederick Dr. (Anybody?)

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