need input coords

navtalk · Dec 12, 2002

I am new to this and may not be where I think I am. I need the input coords that generated the following output answer.
A 0000 0000 0011 0110
0000 0000 0010 0000
.0000 0000 0011 0000

J 0000 0001 0001 1001
0000 0000 0011 1000
.0000 1000 0101 0111

Clue OPQ what ever that means. This should end up being a Latitude and Longitude coord
Navtalk

glaverty · Dec 12, 2002

Well from looking at it my guess would be that you need to convert from Binary to Decimal. What exactly is it your trying to do with these numbers? Are they coming out of a GPS unit?

Allen Nelson · Dec 12, 2002

Yep, you're lost. Got here by a Google search on Input and Output, did you?

The binary translates as 54:32.48 281:56.2135, if that helps.

Of course, there are 4 places on Earth that have those coordinates (NE, NW, SE, SW). Maybe the 'A' and 'J' have some significance.

OPQ are the three letters between N---R, if that means anything to you.

What's this all about, anyway?

Mel · Dec 12, 2002

0000 0000 0011 0110 54
0000 0000 0010 0000 64
.0000 0000 0011 0000 48

0000 0001 0001 1001 281
0000 0000 0011 1000 56
.0000 1000 0101 0111 2135

Converted but not sure how 2135 relates to anything in navigation(not my best subject)

Steve Bailey · Dec 12, 2002

If the numbers are BCD, it could be interpreted as 36 degrees, 20.003 minutes Latitude, 119 degrees, 38.0867 minutes. If latitude is N and longitude is W, that would place you somewhere near Hanford California.

Mel · Dec 12, 2002

0000 0000 0011 0110 54
0000 0000 0010 0000 32 (Previous post was 64, my bad)
.0000 0000 0011 0000 48

0000 0001 0001 1001 281
0000 0000 0011 1000 56
.0000 1000 0101 0111 2135

Converted but not sure how 2135 relates to anything in navigation(not my best subject)

glaverty · Dec 12, 2002

This might shine a little light on what this guy is doing he sent me this in a private message.

That is exactly what it is, I am in a game called geocaching and a doctor using plc coded the coords of a cache that we call geotag. the finder relocates the cache and posts the new coords
navtalk

I don't see how this relates to PLC's as we use them but whatever.

You can find the game he is talking about here.
http://www.geocaching.com/

Allen Nelson · Dec 12, 2002

And in my mailbox....

And I got this from him...

Hi Again

www.geocaching.com will let you know what I am doing. If you go to the zipcode 93710 and look for geotag that is the item I am looking for.
by the way the first nrs in the coords will have to be :
N 37 or 36 and the second group will have to be W -119,
as in N 36 23.222 W -119 34.999.
Thanks for trying.

If you go to the geocaching website, type in your zip code in the proper area and see how many caches hidden in your area.

I am looking for a moving cache, each person that finds the cache re hides and re lists the coords.
thanks again
Navtalk

Looks like Steve's BCD approach (which makes sense since there were spaces between the bits) was closest.

Steve - what did you get?

Steve Bailey · Dec 12, 2002

Navtalk hasn't contacted me yet. I feel slighted. The clue 'OPQ' decrypts to 'BCD'.

glaverty · Dec 12, 2002

Interesting little game they've got going there. Seems to be pretty popular as well.

Still don't understand how PLC's got involved.

grs · Dec 12, 2002

Looks like you find the item, (in this case a rock) move it, and then post a new clue on the web site as to the new location. I guess the last guy who found it (plc.doctor and readsontheride) figured using numbering systems would be difficult to figure out.

I wonder if PLC.doctor is the same guy that posts here as plc.doctor?

Allen Nelson · Dec 12, 2002

glaverty said:
Still don't understand how PLC's got involved.

Navtalk explained it in his PM to you:

...a doctor using plc coded the coords...

All the doctor did was use the PLC as a translator of integer to BCD.

Steve Bailey said:
The clue 'OPQ' decrypts to 'BCD'.

And 'A' and 'J' decrypt into N and W.

So the final answer (like Steve said) is:
N 0036' 0020.0030"
W 0119' 0038.0867"

Anyone out that way?

(Steve - How did you come up with "Hanford, CA"? Is there a web site, or do you have a GPS-enabled PDA with USA maps?)

Steve Bailey · Dec 12, 2002

(Steve - How did you come up with "Hanford, CA"? Is there a web site, or do you have a GPS-enabled PDA with USA maps?)

I just looked on a Rand McNally road atlas and picked the closest town of any size.

Steve Bailey · Dec 12, 2002

Navtalk just confirmed the coordinates.

You got it. That is where it is, only about 60 miles south of me. Now to be the first to retreive it. Thanks a lot for all the help. Now that I think about it, the cache was edited twice and bcd was in one of the edits, picked the wrong one.
Navtalk

plc.doctor · Dec 12, 2002

Yes folks I am the same PLC.DOCTOR that posts here. I'm not an MD or a PhD, it's just my handle that I've had on the internet since forever. I don't know how Navtalk found this site but I think it shows a good use of internet as resource when you need it. The geo-tag rock that he is looking for was hidden in my home town and I wanted a simple way to encode the coordinates without being too hard.
The http://www.geocaching.com website has a simple encryption that only encrypts the letters and not the numbers. A=N, B=O, C=P, etc.... so the clue is OPD or BCD. The coordinates for the current location of the geo-tag rock is N 36° 20.030" W 119° 38.857".
If you want to follow the game take a look at Fresno Area Geo-Tag lolis

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