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Birdwatching Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/1/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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A B C
D E F
G H I

SK:

Hrusovska zdrz spolu s prilahlymi vodnymi plochami gabcikovskeho vodneho diela je jednym z najvyznamejsich zhromazdisk stahovaveho vodneho vtactva v strednej Europe. Hlavne na jesen a v zime sa tu vyskytuje mnoho vtacich druhov, ktore tadeto tiahnu do teplych krajin alebo tu zimuju. Ak mate doma dalekohlad, urcite si ho zoberte so sebou a niektore operence uvidite po ceste od hradze k finalu aj nazivo.

Pre zistenie suradnic finalu musite najprv spravne urcit vsetkych devat vtacich druhov z tabulky. Pre dalsie vypocty nas bude zaujimat ich vedecky (latinsky) nazov. Pre kontrolu spravnosti je vzdy uvedeny pocet pismen v kazdom nazve, 6-8 napr. znamena nazov zlozeny zo 6- a 8-pismenneho slova. Finalny vypocet pouziva hodnoty v tvare napr. {C2/5}, co znamena hodnotu piateho pismena v druhom slove nazvu vtaka v bunke C. Hodnoty jednotlivych pismen su klasicky 1 az 26 od A po Z.

Pocty pismen v nazvoch: A:6-8; B:6-6; C:13-5; D:5-7; E:existuju dve synonyma 7-4 a 5-4, pouzite to s poctom pismen 7-4; F:8-9; G:6-9; H:9-8; I:10-9

Suradnice finalu:

ABC = 4*({A1/1}+{A2/7}+{B1/6}+{B2/3}+{C1/13}+{C2/1}+{D1/4}+{D2/5}) + 5*{E1/1}
DEF = 3*({E2/3}+{F1/8}+{F2/9}+{G1/1}+{G2/7}+{H1/6}+{H2/5}+{I1/9}) + 4*{I2/9}
N   48° 01.ABC
E 017° 14.DEF

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Datum poslednej zmeny: 22. maj 2009

EN:

Hrusovska zdrz water reservoir is a part of the Gabcikovo hydropower project. Together with surrounding water pools, it is one of the most important Central European grouping places for migrating birds. Especially in autumn and winter time, it is crowded with birds of many species. These are either migrating or staying for winter. If you bring a pair of binoculars, you can watch some of them live on the way from the dam to the final stage.

To get the cache coordinates, you must at first identify all of the nine bird species depicted in the table. For the following computations, you'll need their scientific (Latin) names. As a check of the identification correctness, the expected letter count for each species is given. For example, 6-8 corresponds to a name consisting of a 6-letter word, followed by an 8-letter one. For the final computation, values in the form e.g. {C2/5} mean in this case the letter value of the fifth letter in the second word of the species name from the table cell C. Letter values are 1 to 26 for letters A to Z.

Letter counts in the species names: A:6-8; B:6-6; C:13-5; D:5-7; E:there are two synonyms 7-4 and 5-4, use the one with letter count 7-4; F:8-9; G:6-9; H:9-8; I:10-9

Final coordinates:

ABC = 4*({A1/1}+{A2/7}+{B1/6}+{B2/3}+{C1/13}+{C2/1}+{D1/4}+{D2/5}) + 5*{E1/1}
DEF = 3*({E2/3}+{F1/8}+{F2/9}+{G1/1}+{G2/7}+{H1/6}+{H2/5}+{I1/9}) + 4*{I2/9}
N   48° 01.ABC
E 017° 14.DEF

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Last modification date: 22 May 2009

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[SK] CBQ FXNYBH, XGBEH ARMQIVUARF [EN] HAQRE GUR EBPX LBH PNA'G YVSG

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)