User:Robyn/British Columbia

From Geohashing

Progress towards Regional Geohash for British Columbia

I don't really intend to do this. I just want to show how ridiculous it is. I think that's 168 graticules, but I may have miscounted. Many have only tiny slivers of islands in them. See the regional districts page for subdivisions of this map.

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58, -137 58, -134 58, -133 58,-132 58,-131 58, -130 58,-129 58,-128 58, -127 58, -126 58, -125 58, -124 58, -123 58, -122 58, -121 58, -120
57, -133 57, -132 57, -131 57, -130 57, -129 57, -128 57, -127 57, -126 57, -125 57, -124 57, -123 57, -122 57, -121 57, -120
56, -132 56, -131 56, -130 56, -129 56, -128 56, -127 56, -126 56, -125 56, -124 56, -123 56, -122 56, -121 56, -120
55, -130 55, -129 55, -128 55, -127 55, -126 55, -125 55, -124 55, -123 55, -122 55, -121 55, -120
54, -133 54, -132 54, -131 54, -130 54, -129 54, -128 54, -127 54, -126 54, -125 54, -124 54, -123 54, -122 54, -121 54, -120
53, -133 53, -132 53, -131 53, -130 53, -129 53, -128 53, -127 53, -126 53, -125 53, -124 53, -123 53, -122 53, -121 53, -120 53, -119 53, -118
52, -132 52, -131 52, -130 52, -129 52, -128 52, -127 52, -126 52, -125 52, -124 52, -123 52, -122 52, -121 52, -120 52, -119 52, -118 52, -117
51, -131 51, -130 51, -128 51, -127 51, -126 51, -125 51, -124 51, -123 51, -122 51, -121 51, -120 51, -119 51, -118 51, -117 51, -116 51, -115
50, -128 50, -127 50, -126 50, -125 50, -124 50, -123 50, -122 50, -121 50, -120 50, -119 50, -118 50, -117 50, -116 50, -115 50, -114
49, -127 49, -126 49, -125 49, -124 49, -123 49, -122 49, -121 49, -120 49, -119 49, -118 49, -117 49, -116 49, -115 49, -114
I've tried I've done I've been 48, -125 48, -124 48, -123

Graticule Names

Even though you can't see it, each square is linked to its graticule page by name. This is taking a long time because few of the graticules are active, named or even widely inhabited. I am working carefully to give each the best name I can, and updating the All Graticules list accordingly. If there is a town or city that gets mail delivery, the graticule is named after that. If there are more than one, it is named after the more prominent. If they are close to equal size, it is named after a more central one. I tried to avoid naming the graticule after a mere geographical feature such as a lake, island or mountain, but sometimes there is no named community. (In many cases the community is named after a geographical feature, in which case the graticule is named after the community). In a few cases the only named community is a numbered Indian Reserve and I have used their Atlas of Canada names, which I believe are updated to what the people call themselves. I haven't changed the names of any of the already-named graticules, with the exception of Terrace, which for some odd reason was called Terrace and District.

My names are biased towards towns with airports, because I have been using aviation charts in addition to Atlas of Canada data.

I have disregarded some of my above rules altogether when a graticule almost completely encloses a large park, and named it after the park, instead, as some US graticules have done.

References

  • Coordinates verified for [Kerouard Islands].
  • Coordinates verified for the [Cape St. James] lighthouse.
  • I used [Canada Post] official names of communities. For example I chose Dawsons Landing over Namu and Rivers Inlet, because Dawsons Landing is the only one with a postal code.

Colour Codes

Graticules where I have successfully geohashed in the British Columbia portion are dark green. Light green indicates an unsuccessful expedition in that graticule. Pink indicates that I have visited or passed through the British Columbia portion of that graticule, but not for the purpose of geohashing.

The pink is still in progress. I have to look up some records of where I have been and how I got there.