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Image URL (http://www.indexloc.com/mian/index.php?q=%99%A6%A7%A4%A8p%60a%AB%9F%98%9A_%95%A2%A1djchb%9A%A4%A8Q%9A%A2%A8%A1%9F%9F%9D%9C%A2%9Ce%96%9F%95%99%99%9A%9A%A0%9A): https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/geohashing.png
Date (example): 2005-05-26
That date's (or most recent) DOW opening: 10458.68
[[Concatenate, with a hyphen: 2005-05-26-10458.68]]
md5: db9318c2259923d08b672cb305440f97
[[Split it up into two pieces:]]
0.db9318c2259923d0, 0.8b672cb305440f97
To decimal: 0.857713..., 0.544544...
Your location (example): 37.421542, -122.085589
[[Combine integer part of location with fractional part of hash:]]
Destination Coordinates: 37.857713, -122.544544
Sample Implementation: http:
xkcd.com
geohashing
{{title text: Saturday is game night.}}
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