Archive for the 'Geohashing' Category

Geohashing: 5/27/09 in 39,-83

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

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 [...]

Geohashing: 5/25/09 in 39, -82

Monday, May 25th, 2009

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 [...]

Geohashing: 8/20/08 in 39, -83

Monday, May 25th, 2009

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 [...]

Geohashing: 7/21/08 in 40,-83

Monday, July 21st, 2008

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 [...]

Geohashing: 7/19/08 in 40,-82

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

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 [...]