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Somewhere in Auckland Mystery Cache

A cache by M@ Message this owner
Hidden : 7/27/2003
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This cache is equidistant (on a grid projection) from three other caches.

Courtesy of mathworld.wolfram.com
(This equation describes a circle in terms of three of its points)

The coordinates given on this page are not real! The three caches are:



This is a more advanced version of the Circumcentre 2 cache.  See those cache details as it's a very good idea to do that one first.  Maps aren't likely to be of use (unless you have enough of them to spread all over the living room floor) and your GPS may not have the precision required - chances are you'll just have to do the maths this time.

The errors in the grid projections begin to show over these large distances when used in Euclidean calculations, but the're still pretty good for this purpose.   Use Map Grid coordinates in the calculations.

The cache is a 250ml plastic clear plastic jar, about 12m away from the calculated circumcentre. In the fork of a tree, 1.5m off the ground.


You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qb n tbbtyr frnepu ba "rdhngvba bs n pvepyr tvira guerr cbvagf". 6z sebz gur obneqjnyx.

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)