User:Brettdaniel

From Geo Hashing

I am a member of the Champaign/Urbana, Illinois graticule and often visit Indianapolis, Indiana. See my personal site for more information about me.

[edit] Expeditions

• 2009-04-18 40 -87: Reached an interesting point near a wooded ravine and found an amazing quarry on the way home.
• 2009-03-21 39 -88: A field bordering some railroad tracks.
• 2009-03-14 40 -88: Ate pie at the Pi Day coordinates.
• 2009-03-09 40 -86: Three miles southwest of Tipton, Indiana. Also stopped at Morse Reservoir.
• 2008-09-13 39 -85: Another suburban geohash, in a lawn whose purpose was unclear
• 2008-09-06 39 -85: Second geohash for the day. Failed to reach the precise point.
• 2008-09-06 39 -86: First suburban geohash
• 2008-09-03 40 -85: Drove to the point while visiting Indianapolis
• 2008-09-02 39 -87: Detoured to the coordinates while driving to Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2008-08-23 40 -88: Hiked through prairie grass, corn, and soybeans with Josh and Alejandro
• 2008-08-09 40 -88: Biked on a beautiful summer day
• 2008-07-19 40 -87: Halfway between Champaign and Danville, Illinois
• 2008-07-04 40 -88: In the middle of Moraine View State Recreation Area
• 2008-06-21 39 -88: Stopped at the coordinates after spending an afternoon hiking in Allerton Park. I wrote about it here.
• 2008-06-08 40 -88: Biked to the coordinates, got within 500 feet, and left a flag.
• 2008-06-07 40 -88: Easy drive north from Champaign. I left a flag marking the spot.
• 2008-05-31 41 -88: Detoured to the coordinates while on a trip to Chicago. I wrote about it here.
• 2008-05-24 40 -88: The first Champaign/Urbana, Illinois meetup. I wrote about it here.

[edit] Achievements

Brett Daniel has achieved Level 4 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois and 4 of the surrounding graticules.

Brett Daniel has achieved Level 5 of the Minesweeper Geohash achievement by visiting coordinates in Indianapolis, Indiana and 5 of the surrounding graticules.

Brett, Yun Young, and Manish earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (39, -88) graticule, here, on 2008-06-21.

Kyle, Kim, Matt, and Brett earned the Virgin Graticule Achievement by being the first to reach any hashpoint in the (40, -88) graticule, here, on 2008-05-24.

Brett earned the Meet-up achievement by meeting Kyle, Kim, and Matt at the (40, -88) geohash on 2008-05-24.

Brett Daniel earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (40, -88) geohash on 2008-08-09.

Brett Daniel earned the Bicycle geohash achievement by cycling to the (40, -88) geohash on 2008-06-08.

Brett earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Nathan to the (40, -88) geohash on 2009-03-14.

Brett earned the Drag-along achievement by dragging Yoon-young to the (39, -88) geohash on 2008-06-21.

Brett earned the Multihash Achievement by reaching 2 hash points on 2008-09-06. It's a Double Hash.

[edit] Picture Gallery

These pictures show some of the more interesting pictures I have taken while geohashing.

2009-03-21 39 -88	2008-09-06 39 -85	2008-08-23 40 -88
2008-08-09 40 -88	2008-07-04 40 -88	2008-05-31 41 -88