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Trees Wherigo Cache

Hidden : 2/6/2025
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is NOT at the listed coordinates. You will need to first solve the puzzle to get the 3 sets of six-digit numbers for the Reverse Wherigo cartridge.

 

A Huffman tree is primarily used for data compression. It provides an efficient way to encode data, particularly text or files, by assigning variable-length codes to characters based on their frequency of occurrence. In this encoding, more frequent characters are assigned shorter codes, while less frequent characters get longer codes. This results in smaller file sizes since more common data elements are represented with fewer bits. Huffman trees are widely used in file formats like ZIP and JPEG, as well as in network protocols for transmitting data efficiently. The key advantage of Huffman coding is that it produces optimal compression without losing any information.

Use this Huffman tree to decode the encrypted message below.  Enter the decoded message into Certitude to get the 3 6-digit Reverse Wherigo codes.

 

 

01111111001101110110001010111100110101111011111100011010 0001000101101000010111100101111101001000101010101101100 0000000111010010111100000110100010111001011111011100100

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