What is the GPS Maze (Europe)
A GPS MAZE is a special type of event cache. It is a travelling educational and interactive exhibition designed to teach people of all ages about GPS technology and geocaching.
The concept was created by Geocaching HQ and Minotaur mazes in North America and had made 22 appearances before CAGeo developed and first presented their GPS Maze (Europe) to the geocaching community late in 2013.
GPS Maze (Europe) – United Kingdom
Late in 2013 North Wales was selected as the host region for the 9th UK Mega Event. The Royal Pavilion at Llangollen was chosen as the location and soon afterwards CAGeo were contacted with a proposal to bring the GPS Maze (Europe) to the UK. Team members had visited it in Prague in 2013 and others went to see it and meet the CAGeo team in Mainz, Germany in 2015.
In July 2015 we were delighted to hear our proposal had been chosen over several other bids received from other European teams. This was announced to the UK geocaching community at the closing ceremony of the 8th UK Mega event help in Essex in August 2015.
The following year was spent working very closely with CAGeo to upgrade and improve the GPS Maze (Europe). Finally, in early August 2016, CAGeo brought the GPS Maze (Europe) to Llangollen where over 2500 geocachers (and non-geocachers) visited the exhibit.
The puzzle
Each GPS Maze (Europe) must be linked to either a Mega or Giga-event. To work out the co-ordinates of this geocache you need to look at the event pages for the first three occurrences of the GPS Maze (Europe) and their associated Mega/Giga events.
The cache can then be found at N 53° AB.CDE W 003° FG.HIJ
Where :
| A : |
The last digit of the W co-ords of the 3rd GPS Maze (Europe) |
| B : |
Only digit in the GC code of the mega/giga event linked to the 1st GPS Maze (Europe) |
| C : |
Number of digits in the GC code of the 3rd GPS Maze (Europe) |
| D : |
Which GPS Maze (Europe) – 1st, 2nd or 3rd, was linked to a Giga-Event |
| E : |
First digit if the day of the month on which the 2nd GPS Maze (Europe) opened |
| F : |
Last digit on N co-ords of mega/giga-event linked to the 2nd GPS Maze (Europe) |
| G : |
Fourth character of the GC code of the 2nd GPS Maze (Europe) |
| H : |
First digit of the day of the month on which the 1st GPS Maze (Europe) was published. |
| I : |
Difference between the two digits in the GC code of the mega/giga-event linked to the 3rd GPS Maze (Europe) |
| J : |
Difference in the number of days duration between the 1st and 2nd GPS Maze (Europe) events |
Only visit this cache during daylight hours owing to the proximity of houses.