Calibration point Virtual Cache
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Named Station "Ferris", this virtual cache is a bronze tablet cemented in bedrock. It is a first (highest) order triangulation station of the Geodetic Survey of Canada; with co-ordinates determined to a very high degree of precision. The published co-ordinates are N46-16-02.83583 W79-25-09.48450.
To confirm your visit, send me an e-mail providing the following information:
- What is the number stamped on the tablet?
- What is the elevation determined by your GPS receiver?
- What do you think the threaded steel rods are for?
Hope your results agree.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gurer znl or zber guna bar gnoyrg ... xrrc va zvaq gur guveq dhrfgvba.