+Lost Kasca Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 I just started and in love. I been looking at the puzzles. I cant figure out how to do them. Can someone show me just how u get the cordates from these. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 A while back, The Rat offered a puzzle-solving class as an event cache. His slides are available here: http://thegba.net/resources/general_information.php Among the tips he offered: Identify the theme. Check the cache title, the hint, the HTML source, the graphics (including names/URLs), any links (including URLs), whatever is at the posted coordinates, etc. If you can figure out the theme, then you should look for numbering systems that are associated with that theme (zip codes, area codes, telephone keypads, episode numbers, etc.). Around here, coordinates will have 15 digits, and will look like "N 37° xx.xxx W 122° xx.xxx". So when I'm solving a nearby puzzle, I look for a group of 15 things, and then I look for ways to get the digits 37xxxxx122xxxxx from them. In general, I look for ways to get the number 37 (or the digits 3 and 7) from something near the beginning of the puzzle, and the number 122 (or the digits 1, 2, and 2) from something near the middle of the puzzle. (Of course, you'll need to adjust this for the coordinates near you.) Other useful resources include the Puzzle Solving 101 Series http://www.geocaching.com/bookmarks/view.a...ef-901807ba9c98 and this "Solving Puzzle Caches" article http://bcaching.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/puzzles-part-1/ Quote Link to comment
+clumzyfly Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Try reading through this thread... http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=224056 People give explanations of THEIR OWN puzzle caches. Quote Link to comment
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