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{{graticule
   | lat= 35
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   | lat= 41
   | lon= -78
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   | lon= -87
   | nw = [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]]
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   | nw = [[Schaumburg, Illinois|Schaumburg]]
   | n  = [[Henderson, North Carolina|Henderson]]
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   | n  = [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]]
   | ne = [[Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina|Roanoke Rapids]]
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   | ne = [[Holland, Michigan]]
   | w  = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]]
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   | w  = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]]
   | name = [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]
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   | name = [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]]
   | e  = [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]]
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   | e  = [[South Bend, Indiana]]
   | sw = [[Florence, South Carolina]]
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   | sw = [[Champaign/Urbana, Illinois|Champaign/Urbana]]
   | s  = [[Elizabethtown, North Carolina|Elizabethtown]]
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   | s  = [[Danville, Illinois|Danville]]
   | se = [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]]
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   | se = [[Lafayette, Indiana]]
 
}}
 
}}
  
[[Image:Raleigh_Graticule_Thumb.png|thumb|300 px|The Raleigh Graticule]]
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The Chicago, [[Illinois|IL]] [[graticule]] is located at [http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html?date={{LOCALYEAR}}-{{LOCALMONTH}}-{{LOCALDAY2}}&lat=41&long=-87&zoom=9&abs=-1 latitude 41, longitude -87].  It includes almost the entire city proper (excluding the area north of Devon Ave), the south suburbs, Kankakee, Gary and NW [[Indiana]].
  
The Raleigh [[graticule]] is at latitude 35, longitude -78 and included most of the counties of Wake, Johnston, Franklin, Nash, Durham, and Cumberland counties.
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==Proposed graticule shift==
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[[Image:Chicago_semigraticule.png|thumb|400px|right|In this map the approximate border of Chicago, as well as the borders of relevant counties are in black, the division between the four graticules are in red, and the shifted graticule is in blue]]
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Chicago is not entirely in one graticule. The northern part shares a second graticule with much of the suburbs, Kenosha, and southern Milwaukee. Since this graticule is mostly Lake Michigan, it will be rare that it gets to meet. The Chicago graticule also excludes many of the suburbs. A possible solution to this problem would be using a shifted graticule divided on the half-degree lines extending from 41.5 to 42.5 degrees north and from 87.5 to 88.5 degrees west. This would be a smaller proportion lake than either of the two Chicago graticules. It would also be almost entirely contained within Illinois. The proposed area would include very nearly all of Cook County, as well as all of DuPage and Lake Counties, most of Kane, Kendall, McHenry, and Will Counties, and very small parts of Indiana and Wisconsin. This would include all the important cities of the Chicago area, including Chicago, Aurora, Elgin, Evanston, Joliet, Naperville, Schaumburg, and Waukegan. It would exclude Kenosha and Gary, but they are in other states. Also, this would separate Chicago from Milwaukee.
  
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==Four-graticule proposal==
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Another possible solution would be, in addition to the Chicago graticule, to consider the three graticules immediately to the west, northwest, and north of it, and out of those four locations, select whichever is closest to the city center (and is not underwater). This solution was first proposed by "Gylbert" on the xkcd Blag, though in relation to Calgary, not Chicago. See the [[Gylbert Algorithm]].
  
== Expeditions ==
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==Notable Dates==
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{{Virgin graticule | latitude = 41 | longitude = -87 | date = 2008-05-24 | name = [[User:Virgletati|Virgletati]] }}
  
[[2009-11-18 35 -78]] - [[User:Robyn|Robyn]] - In a field between a subdivision and a utility company.
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==Alternate simple solutions==
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On days when the meeting point falls within Lake Michigan, meetings are moved horizontally and only horizontally to the nearest beach.  This allows for more reachable locations (Metra helps here) and more frequent meetups.
  
[[2009-05-21 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - [[Geohashing_Day|Geohashing Day Achievement]] alongside I-540 in a field.
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Likewise, on days when the hash point falls in the lake, use the hash point in the graticule directly to the west.
  
[[2009-04-03 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - Holy hash.
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==Official Meetup==
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In accordance with the [[Main_Page#Official_Meetup|Main Page]], the official meetup of the 41,-87 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.
  
[[2009-03-07 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - Sunrise geohash in field.
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* The first Saturday meetup ([[2008-05-24 41 -87|05-24-2008]]): Happened! But only one person showed.
  
[[2009-03-06 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - Quick geohash after work.
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* The meetup for ([[2008-06-07 41 -87|06-07-2008]]): Four of us drove down from the city. Nice little spot right off of the road. We were a few minutes late and did not see anyone else there. Pictures were taken but they remain on a cell phone that I do not have access to.
  
[[2009-02-03 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - Quick geohash.
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* The meetup for ([[2008-06-21 41 -87|06-21-2008]]): Five people total showed up at the suggested alternate location, a beach near Uptown.
  
[[2009-01-31 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - Sunrise geohash. Scary and cold.
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* The meetup for ([[2009-07-25 41 -87|07-25-2009]]): One person showed up. Was in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs.
  
[[2009-01-08 35 -78]] - [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] - [[Speed_Racer_Achievement|Speed Racer Achievement]] in residential hash.  
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* Now that summer is upon us, I ([[User:Typewriter|Brandon]]) want to start hashing again if possible. I'll try to do the July 10 and July 17 hashes. If no one shows or contacts me otherwise, I'll assume geohashing is dead in the Windy City. I live in Logan Square, ride a road bike, am at brandoniamsmith@gmail.com and 740-505-0038. I don't often get on IRC anymore, but I have previously been Typewriter on #geohashing.
  
2008-08-16: [[User:Modexec|Modexec]] is in Chapel Hill, and the meet-up location for the Raleigh graticule is a little too far east and way too far south.  The location for the [[Greensboro, North Carolina]] graticule is actually in a nice little park between Mebane and Burlington. Any takers?
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==Other Visits==
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If you visited a point on a date/time other than Saturday at 4:00 PM, put it here.
  
2008-06-28: [[User:WokTiny|WokTiny]] was there-ish about 4:20pm. [[http://www.woktiny.com/tmp/IMG_5757.jpg Borrowed Magellan]] got me within a few hundred feet, I ran ahead to get closer without it, found a creekbed, bottle. Took more pictures, maybe available later.
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* [[2012-11-17 41 -87]]: [[User:OtherJack | OtherJack]] and [[User:2pacchacha|2pacchacha]] encountered Summit, IL
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* [[2012-08-13_41_-87]]: Excursion by [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] to a mall in Calumet City.
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* [[2012-07-05_41_-87]]: Excursion by [[User:Haberdasher | Haberdasher]] to a residential road in Schiller Park.
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* [[2009-03-27 41 -87]]: Solo geohasher excursion by [[user:gigahz83 | Nathan]] to the middle of a corn field north of Manteno, IL.
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* Bored on Thanksgiving '08 ([[2008-11-27 41 -87|11-27-2008]]): Just me out in the burbs somewhere.
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* [[2012-03-01 41 -87]]: [[User:RocketMac|RocketMac]] found a geohash and won a charity poker tournament for his camp!
  
2008-06-10: The location for today's meet is a little far to the east, but the neighboring graticule (Chapel Hill) is doable! Meet there at 4:30, bring games, food, and whatever strikes your fancy. Red spiders optional. ([[User:posalootly|Caroline]] and her friend are going!)
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==Local Geohashers==
  
== Geohashers ==
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* [[user:Typewriter|Typewriter]]
* [[User:alison-raleigh|Alison]] lives in Raleigh and is up for any NC graticule meet up.
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* [[user:jazmatician|jazmatician]]
* [[User:april-raleigh|April]] is in Durham, will probably only go on saturdays since she has to work till 5 weekdays. Since Durham is in 4 zones, whichever one is closest will win :P
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* [[user:lrbrink90|lrbrink90]]
* [[User:Avarice|Avarice]] still doesn't understand wiki, but thinks that geohashing could be fun
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* [[User:ben-raleigh|Ben]] thinks we might also want to take into consideration the other three graticules that fall close to Chapel Hill, Durham and Hillsborough, especially when the point falls in the east or south.  (He is perhaps biased due to starting from Hillsborough.)
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==External Links==
* [[User:posalootly|Caroline]] will be geohashing at the beginning of summer.
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*[http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html Official Geohashing Coordinate Calculator] - compute today's geohashed coordinates (available only after 10:30am Central).
* Chad is in Chapel Hill, and will keep an eye out for options in the surrounding graticules.
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*[http://staticfree.info/geohash/atom/41,-87 Official Atom feed for 41,-87]
* [[User:chuckstudios|Chaz]] might show up. Maybe.
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* [[User:Red_Chiron|Chris]] is gonna try this on his off weekends from work.
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[[Category:Illinois]]
* [[User:Davedrowsy|Dave]] lives in Durham and has been wanting to geohash since 2008. He and his wife just started geohashing in September 2013. Please let Dave know about any promising hashes in the Triangle area!
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[[Category:Indiana]]
* [[User:DustinCorreale|Dustin]] lives in Raleigh and is down, just let him know. (contact info in profile)
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[[Category:Split cities]]
* [[User:emmaus-raleigh|Emmaus]] will be back in Raleigh in the fall.
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[[Category:Active graticules]]
* [[User:Jevanyn|Greg and his family]] have relatives in [[Wilmington]], so they're in the area about once a year.
 
* [[User:ph00tbag|James]] lives in Cary during the summer, and will attempt to make it to every meeting that he can. The Chapel Hill Graticule is also a possibility, especially during the school year.
 
* [[User:jeremy.degroot|Jeremy]] will attend meet ups this summer provided that he is A) in town, and B)the meet up is reasonably close to town.
 
* [[User:jeremymerrill502|Jeremy]] (the other one) is in Durham this summer, and would love to participate, unless the Durham Graticool starts up...
 
* [[User:iMito|Jonathan]] is a student at NC State University and excited to participate and thinks we should have more meet ups.
 
* [[User:GreenPine|Jonathan]] lives in Chapel Hill, and will switch to the Chapel Hill graticule if it looks closer.
 
* [[User:Kite|Joby]] Lives in Hillsborough, but will try to go to this one for the moment. He is hoping the market does well so he doesn't have to drive very far.
 
* [[User:jordan-raleigh|Jordan]] thinks we should try to get a spontaneous meet up going the next Saturday that the point is somewhere near Raleigh
 
* [[User:claireskitten|Kate]] is in Durham, and fully willing to participate.
 
* [[User:ThyLostUlalume|Laura]] is in Pinehurst/Chapel Hill. Might make it if she finds a car?
 
* [[User:mattbman|Matt]] would be up for it if the spot is in North Raleigh (or the southern part of the Henderson Graticule)
 
* [[User:mattswell|Matthew]] lives in West Raleigh!
 
* [[User:strappleberry312|Mary]] might geohash this summer.  She thinks it's terribly clever.
 
* [[User:Eternalchildhood|Morgan]] thinks this is very exciting, and will go next time it's close to Chapel Hill.
 
* [[User:Ncbears|NCBears]] Eisen and Bear
 
* [[User:Irukandji|Nick]] is living in Apex and plans to Geo-hash whenever he can.
 
* [[User:thalia|Thalia]] lives in the boonies of Bynum and thinks all of the four around Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill should be pursued.  Especially into Chatham.
 
* [[User:tyler-raleigh|Tyler]] lives in Raleigh and may defect to another graticule if it's closer.
 
* [[User:Whaatt|Whaatt]]
 
* [[User:WokTiny|WokTiny]] did it once.
 
* [[User:ZachCox|ZachCox]]
 
* Noah might show up. he has to get his parents to approve though. He lives in downtown Raleigh.
 
[[Category:North Carolina]]
 
[[Category:Inactive graticules]]
 

Revision as of 03:55, 18 November 2012

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The Chicago, IL graticule is located at latitude 41, longitude -87. It includes almost the entire city proper (excluding the area north of Devon Ave), the south suburbs, Kankakee, Gary and NW Indiana.

Proposed graticule shift

In this map the approximate border of Chicago, as well as the borders of relevant counties are in black, the division between the four graticules are in red, and the shifted graticule is in blue

Chicago is not entirely in one graticule. The northern part shares a second graticule with much of the suburbs, Kenosha, and southern Milwaukee. Since this graticule is mostly Lake Michigan, it will be rare that it gets to meet. The Chicago graticule also excludes many of the suburbs. A possible solution to this problem would be using a shifted graticule divided on the half-degree lines extending from 41.5 to 42.5 degrees north and from 87.5 to 88.5 degrees west. This would be a smaller proportion lake than either of the two Chicago graticules. It would also be almost entirely contained within Illinois. The proposed area would include very nearly all of Cook County, as well as all of DuPage and Lake Counties, most of Kane, Kendall, McHenry, and Will Counties, and very small parts of Indiana and Wisconsin. This would include all the important cities of the Chicago area, including Chicago, Aurora, Elgin, Evanston, Joliet, Naperville, Schaumburg, and Waukegan. It would exclude Kenosha and Gary, but they are in other states. Also, this would separate Chicago from Milwaukee.

Four-graticule proposal

Another possible solution would be, in addition to the Chicago graticule, to consider the three graticules immediately to the west, northwest, and north of it, and out of those four locations, select whichever is closest to the city center (and is not underwater). This solution was first proposed by "Gylbert" on the xkcd Blag, though in relation to Calgary, not Chicago. See the Gylbert Algorithm.

Notable Dates

Template:Virgin graticule

Alternate simple solutions

On days when the meeting point falls within Lake Michigan, meetings are moved horizontally and only horizontally to the nearest beach. This allows for more reachable locations (Metra helps here) and more frequent meetups.

Likewise, on days when the hash point falls in the lake, use the hash point in the graticule directly to the west.

Official Meetup

In accordance with the Main Page, the official meetup of the 41,-87 graticule will be held every Saturday at 4pm Central time.

  • The first Saturday meetup (05-24-2008): Happened! But only one person showed.
  • The meetup for (06-07-2008): Four of us drove down from the city. Nice little spot right off of the road. We were a few minutes late and did not see anyone else there. Pictures were taken but they remain on a cell phone that I do not have access to.
  • The meetup for (06-21-2008): Five people total showed up at the suggested alternate location, a beach near Uptown.
  • The meetup for (07-25-2009): One person showed up. Was in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs.
  • Now that summer is upon us, I (Brandon) want to start hashing again if possible. I'll try to do the July 10 and July 17 hashes. If no one shows or contacts me otherwise, I'll assume geohashing is dead in the Windy City. I live in Logan Square, ride a road bike, am at brandoniamsmith@gmail.com and 740-505-0038. I don't often get on IRC anymore, but I have previously been Typewriter on #geohashing.

Other Visits

If you visited a point on a date/time other than Saturday at 4:00 PM, put it here.

Local Geohashers

External Links