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Geohashing: 5/27/09 in 39,-83
May 27, 2009 at 8:00 pm by Alex
There was another opportune geohash today in 39,-83! It seemed to be in a parking lot, which I hypothesized was a hotel parking lot, since the Google Street View didn’t quite reach far back enough to see for sure.
Unfortunately, we got there and found that the parking lot was a Ford dealership. We parked in the lot of an adjecent hotel to decide what we wanted to do, and ended up just taking pictures from the car, lest we accidentally buy a car to save face while poking around the auto lot.
We did get a cute picture of the two of us, though. ^_^
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Geohashing: 5/25/09 in 39, -82
May 25, 2009 at 4:14 pm by Alex
The satellite photos of the hash point were ambiguous about whether the hash would be accessible, but we decided we’d drive by to see what was there, and if we could reach the hash, we would. The Google Street View photos showed there was a sign by the driveway/entrance, but we couldn’t tell what it said. The hash location turned out to be on the premises of Cardinal Truss & Components, a construction company, and there were intimidating gates of chicken wire enclosing the place, so we just snapped some pictures from the car and drove away.
This adventure is the first documented hash in this graticule, but since we did not reach the actual coordinates, we unfortunately don’t get the Virgin Graticule achievement.
Today’s meetup on the Geohashing Wiki.
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Geohashing: 8/20/08 in 39, -83
at 1:28 pm by Alex
This post is extremely late in coming. Last August, Chris and Bobby and I did what would end up being our last geohashing adventure in 2008. The hash itself was very close for once, being between Hunter and Highland down on 9th avenue, which is just south of OSU campus.
More pictures and details of the excursion are now at the Geohashing Wiki. Chris and I are planning a drive-by for a hash today as well, so hopefully I’ll have another entry up soon. ^_^
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Geohashing: 7/21/08 in 40,-83
July 21, 2008 at 7:16 pm by Alex
There was another impromptu hash today that was particularly close to where I live. It was in a neighborhood in Upper Arlington in my home graticule of 40N, 83W.
The hash was in the backyard of a residential area as pictured, so we didn’t actually stand at the location like usual. In the interest of getting more people to come out, I made an announcement on the Columbus geohashing group on Facebook saying that the meetup would be at a nearby intersection at 5 pm.
When we actually got there, there were no sidewalks or other cars parked on the street (curse you suburbia, with your lawns, long driveways, and garages) so there wasn’t really a good place to stop and hang around without looking like no-good loitering hooligans, even at the chosen intersection. We took a few pictures and drove once around the block, but nobody else came, so we left thereafter. We did, however, see an unmanned lemonade stand on our trip around the block:
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Geohashing: 7/19/08 in 40,-82
July 19, 2008 at 8:25 pm by Alex
Today’s geohashing adventure took us once again to Westerville, Ohio! The hash today was on the corner of Smokeburr Dr and Sunbury Rd, in the middle of a residential driveway. We didn’t do chalk drawings this time, since it was private property, but we did go for a walk on the adjacent Hoover Dam.
Ohio’s Hoover Dam is not to be confused with Colorado’s; they’re even named for different Hoovers. Our Hoovers, Clarence and Charles, were a pair of brothers pre-eminent in the field of water technology, according to the big metal plaque of dedication in the middle of the dam. The structure dams the Big Walnut Creek, and the reservoir serves as a major source of water for the city of Columbus.
We took many pictures of the surrounding area, but didn’t meet any other geohashers. One day, one day.
I also hope to go to a hash in the Lancaster graticule one of these days, as well, since it would be the first documented hash in the area.
Today’s Hash on the Wiki | Hoover Dam (Wikipedia)
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