Talk:United Kingdom

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There is a reachable Globalhash today (2012-02-03) but you'd need a boat. Sourcerer 10:56, 3 February 2012 (EST)

I'm not sure where those coordinates come from, but today's UK (ie 30W) decimals are 0.61303061, 0.33535875, are they not? That would give a globalhash at N 20°20.731 W 59°16.251, which is nowhere near the UK, boat or no. -- — Benjw  {talk} 12:02, 3 February 2012 (EST)
I'm afraid it is the DrWilco site misleading another person.... Jiml 12:24, 3 February 2012 (EST)


RE: This map...

Hashed graticules are green -- dark if they are currently active, light if they are not. Yellow graticules are flagged as active but have not yet had a successful expedition.

-8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 +0 +1
60 60,-2 60,-1 60,-0
59 59,-3 59,-2 59,-1
58 58,-7 58,-6 58,-5 58,-4 58,-3 58,-2
57 57,-8 57,-7 57,-6 57,-5 57,-4 57,-3 57,-2 57,-1
56 56,-7 56,-6 56,-5 56,-4 56,-3 56,-2
55 55,-7 55,-6 55,-5 55,-4 55,-3 55,-2 55,-1
54 54,-8 54,-7 54,-6 54,-5 54,-4 54,-3 54,-2 54,-1 54,-0
53 53,-4 53,-3 53,-2 53,-1 53,-0 53,0
52 52,-5 52,-4 52,-3 52,-2 52,-1 52,-0 52,0 52,1
51 51,-5 51,-4 51,-3 51,-2 51,-1 51,-0 51,0 51,1
50 50,-5 50,-4 50,-3 50,-2 50,-1 50,-0 50,0
49 49,-6 49,-5 49,-2

I've just manually updated the status of every graticule, but it's far from ideal: it often gets hopelessly outdated; for an island nation like Britain, it is difficult to visualise what is sea and what is land. There are a few virgin graticules still up in mainland Scotland, but determining at a glance exactly where they are is highly counterintuitive.

By contrast, I've been using http://relet.net/geco/stats.html - auto-updates, has a full geographical map underneath, goes into more detail about each graticule's activity. Can we embed it somehow to replace this table and enhance the 'Map' section? --SpiritofMaurice (talk) 08:37, 7 October 2013 (EDT)

I did an update in Jan 2015 with paler colours for legibility. The relet.net site is not working right now. All the non-coloured graticules are virgin. --Sourcerer (talk) 14:34, 20 January 2015 (EST)