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Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #2: UW campus Mystery Cache

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fishiam: The jigsaw puzzle series had a nice run - time to open up the hide locations for other caches.

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Hidden : 1/27/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Another jigsaw puzzle to play with!

This time I've found a nice picture on UW campus (see linked image below). Over top of that I've written the cache coordinates. They will be somewhat more difficult to read this time and you will need to assemble virtually the entire puzzle to decipher them.

The difficult version of the puzzle has over 200 pieces and (for the Windows version) they are randomly rotated. The easy version has only about 50 pieces and they already oriented correctly. Which challenge are you up for? You move pieces using the left mouse button and you rotate pieces using the right mouse button. Once pieces that belong together and are lined up they will snap together and move as one piece. The Flash version works with all operating systems and browsers. For the Windows version, download the zip file below and then run the executable.

The Flash version (difficult) is here.
The Flash version (easy) is here.

The Windows version (difficult) is here (Please try this link first.)
The Windows version (difficult) is also here. (Please try this link second)

The Windows version (easy) is here (Please try this link first.)
The Windows version (easy) is also here (Please try this second)

Use the linked image below to guide you in assembling the puzzle. The posted coordinates are for The Quad where the photo was taken. The coordinates in the puzzle are written in the format XX.XXX - minutes and decimal minutes. You may assume North 47 and West 122 for the degrees.

Checksums (for the five digits in each): N=28 W=26

The cache final is a film container somewhere on UW campus. Have fun!

If you've got a really nice picture you think would make an excellent jigsaw puzzle please send it to me for consideration.

Eventually, I decided to make a series of these puzzles, here is the complete list:

Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #1: City skyline
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #2: UW campus
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #3: Oncorhynchus nerka
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #4: Iris virginica
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #5: The Beatles
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #6: SNAFU? FUBAR!
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #7: Peace
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #8: the better the jelly the bigger the belly
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #9: A Transylvania Cache
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #10: Fractals
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #11: Puma concolor
Seattle Jigsaw Puzzle #12: Summer

And, just for fun:
Anchorage Jigsaw Puzzle #1: City Skyline

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Srapr cbfg uvqr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)