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[usernameguy]

[SPEC] GPS *Addresses* Important -- Please Post

[jegger]

One other tip for searching addresses with Google. If you type something like "1400..1410 Peachtree Street", You will get any numbers in the range between 1400 and 1410. This could be useful if you can't quite narrow down the exact address.

[usernameguy]

Great tip!

[MNPundit]

Oops, wrong thread before:

46.875805, -96.784945
10:20am PDT/12:20pm CDT
Grayhound Bus Station
502 NP Avenue Fargo, ND 58102

Found by: I went and looked. Its the only buildng on the entire block thats anywhere close to the location (corner of NP And 4th Street, the rest is parking-lots).

[guest]

42.505447 -094.157913
10:32 PDT

Target parking lot

2910 1st ave s
Fort Dodge Iowa
50501

[sfsdfd]

Two quick comments:

1) "Resolving to within 0.0002"... you should be aware that most consumer-level GPS devices aren't anywhere near this precise. Typical devices typically drift +/- 0.001 or more.

2) At least some addresses have no such coords. One in Cleveland is apparently in a downtown parking lot with no single nearby building. It's across the street from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but a few other buildings are also close (but not more specifically identified.)

- David Stein

[gheritt]

Thanks to super-helpful Gupfee, I can report these addresses for the Barnstable/Hyannis, MA locations:

07:27 PDT -070.289091, 41.652214:
Burger King, 184 North Street, Hyannis, MA

06:51 PDT -070.291601, 41.667164:
McDonalds, 654 Iyannough Road, Hyannis, MA

Whatever happens on Tuesday, I'll be getting fat.

(Gupfee, if you're reading this, thanks again! I've double-checked the numbers and I agree, these are the locations.)

[fivecentfamily]

Arizona locations.

[usernameguy]

[Gupfee]

[LazarusLong42]

Ann Arbor location:

07:59 PDT
Long -83.748764
Lat 42.279270

This location may be harder than many, simply because of the number of buildings, all in a row, that exist in the general vicinity. Using an online survey and guesstimating by building shape/color (vs a B&W aerial photo), my best position is:

The Ark
316 S. Main St.
Ann Arbor, MI, 4810(3/4)?

This is on the west side of Main St, 200 ft or so (estimated) south of Liberty St. The Ark is a half nightclub/half auditorium upscale sort of musical place. I've never been there, though the concert they have for the 24th is, apparently, free. It's also about nine hours too late.

Interestingly, the Ark's website lists their ZIP code as 48103; Mapquest/Yahoo Maps lists it as 48104. Go figure.

Also along the block are, from north to south: a Starbucks, a Subway, Seyfried Jewelers, a clothing boutique of some sort, Zydeco restaurant, and Conor O'Neill's Irish pub.

[sea_mink]

[deleted a somewhat off-topic discussion of the Kingman AZ location]

[usernameguy]

Thanks. I can't wait to get more info.

An interesting thing: there are at least three nightclubs in the list with colorful names:
41.511567 -81.607317 06:11 The Barking Spider (nightclub) 11310 Juniper Rd Cleveland OH http://www.barkingspidertavern.com/index.asp
35.247483 -80.805150 06:23 The Evening Muse (nightclub) 3227 N. Davidson St Charlotte NC http://www.queencitymusic.com/theeveningmuse/default.htm
42.279270 -83.748764 07:59 The Ark (Nightclub) 316 S. Main St. Ann Arbor Michigan http://www.theark.org/

The Barking Spider makes sense when you think about the plot. The Evening Muse does too; it's part of the Queen City promotional group in Charlotte.

But I don't get The Ark.

Please keep it exact! I think the only really trustworthy mappers are the sites that take GPS coordinates and map them, like maporama.com and mapquest.com. GPS units are not that accurate, especially in cities with big buildings. I think the best course of action is to map the GPS coordinates and then see if you can come up with an address or two that matches.

[greyberger]

Austin TX

[fivecentfamily]