+Wyoming geocacher Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hello, I am competing in a U.S. red weather balloon challenge and need partners from different cities and states around the contential u.s. There will be a money prize if we win. 10 red weather balloons will be placed up around the U.S. and I need help getting the coordinates for them for a cash prize. Anyone interested? Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Interesting, is there something online about this somewhere? Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 found the info, pretty cool. I might be in on this in NJ. email me. Quote Link to comment
+Copterfamily Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I'm in. I fly helicopters around NY, CT, NJ MA, and LI. Let me know what you want. Contact me at copterfamily@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment
+J10fly Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I'm in. I fly helicopters around NY, CT, NJ MA, and LI. Let me know what you want. Contact me at copterfamily@yahoo.com Maybe a trip up in a heli around NJ? Quote Link to comment
+genegene Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I drive around a lot for work in western mass and upstate NY and will keep my eyes open. It would sure be great to win some money for our annual WMG event and make it that much better. I spread the word a little more as well. When does it start? Quote Link to comment
+Team ChipsNDip Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I drive around a lot for work in western mass and upstate NY and will keep my eyes open. It would sure be great to win some money for our annual WMG event and make it that much better. I spread the word a little more as well. When does it start? Starting Dec 5th -- "The challenge is to be the first to submit the locations of 10 moored, 8-foot, red, weather balloons at 10 fixed locations in the continental United States. The balloons will be in readily accessible locations and visible from nearby roads." The coordinates must be within 1 mile of the anchor point for the balloon, and must be sent in degree-minute-second (DD-MM-SS) format. It's a DARPA challenge testing the effectiveness of groups communicating and coordinating over networks. If we're serious about it, we should set up a central contact who we can send our information to - if that's a mobile number we can text information to, etc. Quote Link to comment
MarcusArelius Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 (edited) The information can be found here You might also want to review this thread and This one Edited December 2, 2009 by MarcusArelius Quote Link to comment
+chaosmanor Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Groundspeak is also competing; an e-mail went out to everyone on their weekly update list. If they win, they plan to donate the winnings to schools for GPS-based equipment, and will add $10K of their money to the pot. Quote Link to comment
+Cardinal Red Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 The information can be found here You might also want to review this thread and This one Actually, this is the CLOSED thread you might want to review. DARPA Network Challenge, Continued from closed post Quote Link to comment
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