+Arrow42 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Anyone ever try it? More explanation here: http://wiki.xkcd.com/geohashing/Main_Page Looked like a fun way to decide where I was gonna go caching today, or something like that. Anyone out there in forum-land try it out? Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Interesting to see that GeoHashing as defined in that wiki is very different from what the word means to me. hey, IK what does GeoHashing mean to you? Hashers are "drinkers with a running problem" and geohashing combines caching, drinking and moving, with more or less speed, across the landscape on foot. Yes, I've tried it. It's fun. About the stuff in that wiki I have no clue. Quote Link to comment
+Arrow42 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Interesting to see that GeoHashing as defined in that wiki is very different from what the word means to me. hey, IK what does GeoHashing mean to you? I've had friends use the phrase "Hashing" in a very different context too... Quote Link to comment
+c@cache Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I love xkcd! Before I started Geocaching, I read that comic and was extremely interested in the whole idea. I have never GeoHashed, but I thought about it. Actually, while doing some research on it I came upon Geocaching, remembered that I had heard something about it, looked into it, found out my mom was writing an educational software program for Geocaching, and the rest is history. So, GeoHashing led me to Geocaching. And "Hashing" means something very different in my area. When I read the forum title, my first thought was "Whaaat? Isn't that illegal? " Of course, then I remembered the fabulous xkcd comic... Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Geohashing is a new sport that combines the skills required for Hashing and Geocaching into a single discipline. Geohashing involves using your GPS unit to locate strategically placed caches of alcohol within a given geographic area. Once the first cache is located, the participants must completely consume it to gain access to the clue that will lead them to the next cache. A time limit may be associated with a particular geohash, or any other number of interesting variations applied all in the name of good clean fun. There may be themed Geohashes (I.E. Lingerie, Halloween or Christmas themes) and secret initiation rites for new members. Points will be deducted for every team member arrested for drunken disorderly conduct. http://www.geohashing.net Quote Link to comment
+TexasGringo Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 <what does GeoHashing mean to you? > Is this the modern day name for a Bong? You know...kinda like Jefferson Airplane renamed Jefferson Starship....to stay current with the times. Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Geohashing is a new sport that combines the skills required for Hashing and Geocaching into a single discipline. Geohashing involves using your GPS unit to locate strategically placed caches of alcohol within a given geographic area. Once the first cache is located, the participants must completely consume it to gain access to the clue that will lead them to the next cache. A time limit may be associated with a particular geohash, or any other number of interesting variations applied all in the name of good clean fun. There may be themed Geohashes (I.E. Lingerie, Halloween or Christmas themes) and secret initiation rites for new members. Points will be deducted for every team member arrested for drunken disorderly conduct. http://www.geohashing.net I know some Hashers, as in Hash House Harriers, who might be quite excited at this prospect (particularly the alcohol bits.) Quote Link to comment
YotaCacher Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 I think we called this a kegger back in HS. Quote Link to comment
+EscapeFromFlatland Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Geohashing is a new sport that combines the skills required for Hashing and Geocaching into a single discipline. Geohashing involves using your GPS unit to locate strategically placed caches of alcohol within a given geographic area. Once the first cache is located, the participants must completely consume it to gain access to the clue that will lead them to the next cache. A time limit may be associated with a particular geohash, or any other number of interesting variations applied all in the name of good clean fun. There may be themed Geohashes (I.E. Lingerie, Halloween or Christmas themes) and secret initiation rites for new members. Points will be deducted for every team member arrested for drunken disorderly conduct. http://www.geohashing.net I know some Hashers, as in Hash House Harriers, who might be quite excited at this prospect (particularly the alcohol bits.) It would actually be cool to do in an area with a cache run, like by DIA. Heck- in an area that saturated you could set up multiple routes that are 5-10km. Quote Link to comment
+jhauser42 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Geohashing is a new sport that combines the skills required for Hashing and Geocaching into a single discipline. Geohashing involves using your GPS unit to locate strategically placed caches of alcohol within a given geographic area. Once the first cache is located, the participants must completely consume it to gain access to the clue that will lead them to the next cache. A time limit may be associated with a particular geohash, or any other number of interesting variations applied all in the name of good clean fun. There may be themed Geohashes (I.E. Lingerie, Halloween or Christmas themes) and secret initiation rites for new members. Points will be deducted for every team member arrested for drunken disorderly conduct. http://www.geohashing.net I know some Hashers, as in Hash House Harriers, who might be quite excited at this prospect (particularly the alcohol bits.) As a member of the Buffalo Hash House Harriers I can definitely say I would be interested in this! Quote Link to comment
GUGA25 Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Transfer system....From ?16? to 10? I don't know, because this combination doesn't work... THX Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Way too much math involved for me to do xkcd's version of geohashing... ...but I xkcd is awesome nevertheless. Hashers are "drinkers with a running problem" and geohashing combines caching, drinking and moving, with more or less speed, across the landscape on foot. I have a outdoors-loving (and alcohol-loving) friend who has taken up hashing in the last year or so and loves it. He's not into geocaching even though he's already found about half a dozen by his estimate while backpacking in rural Missouri (he wasn't looking for them, he just came across some by accident). Quote Link to comment
+Mr. 0 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Way too much math involved for me to do xkcd's version of geohashing... Weird, I was just looking at GeoHashing a few weeks ago. I had heard about it when the comic was originally published, but I never really checked it out. In my more recent look at the game, I ran across this same old thread, so I was surprised to see it bumped up again. There is a free Android app, and I think there's an iPhone app as well which do all the calculations for you. If you don't have either of those there's the "peeron map." Just click on your location (or whatever location you wish) and it'll mark the current GeoHash for that graticule. It will also display the coords in the lower right corner in several formats. http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html Quote Link to comment
+wildchld97 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 (edited) Way too much math involved for me to do xkcd's version of geohashing... Weird, I was just looking at GeoHashing a few weeks ago. I had heard about it when the comic was originally published, but I never really checked it out. In my more recent look at the game, I ran across this same old thread, so I was surprised to see it bumped up again. There is a free Android app, and I think there's an iPhone app as well which do all the calculations for you. If you don't have either of those there's the "peeron map." Just click on your location (or whatever location you wish) and it'll mark the current GeoHash for that graticule. It will also display the coords in the lower right corner in several formats. http://carabiner.peeron.com/xkcd/map/map.html Ok..in TRUE hashing...we didn't USE those fancy schmancy little toys. NO ifones..no androids.Follow the arrows, drink a beer and have fun. Geez..kids these days. Edited September 22, 2011 by wildchld97 Quote Link to comment
+Fugads Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) I recently had a Challenge Cache published that ties into Geohashing. GC4JCB6. Another fun way to explore your area. There are actually quite a few geocaches with Geohashing themes, most of them in Europe. Edited August 27, 2013 by Fugads Quote Link to comment
+J Grouchy Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I thought this was going to be some ridiculous Twitter thing... Thank goodness. Quote Link to comment
+Trucker Lee Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I didn't understand any of this, but when I saw "geohash", I started looking for the "geo-eggs" to fry up with it. Quote Link to comment
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