# Anyone wanna crack my relatively simple code? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941 "2007-03-29T04:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/61 "2007-04-06T09:50:49Z")
[QUOTE=Reply] Is it near highway 224? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/62 "2007-04-06T10:10:13Z")
Is the final location somewhere in Ohio? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/63 "2007-04-06T11:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=Reply] Is the final location somewhere in Ohio? [/QUOTE] Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/64 "2007-04-06T20:12:10Z")
Is it the Brookside Golf and Country Club? ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/65 "2007-04-06T21:04:49Z")
[QUOTE=Long Time Lurker] Is it the Brookside Golf and Country Club? [/QUOTE] You are incredibly close. It is a small structure. The GPS coords should identify it accurately using Google Earth. I knew you guys could get it. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/66 "2007-04-06T22:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=dnooman] You are incredibly close. It is a small structure. The GPS coords should identify it accurately using Google Earth. I knew you guys could get it. [/QUOTE] [This is what I ended up with.](http://maps.google.com/?q=40+5+24.12+,+-83+3+35.16&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=40.09031,-83.059768&spn=0.001756,0.003648&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr) No structure there, though. Assuming it’s right, and just a google map error, then I wouldn’t have gotten it without the CMH clue. Especially because there’s no indication that I noticed of West/East for the longitude, and would probably be digging in a crater in China. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_Lurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_Lurker)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/67 "2007-04-06T23:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=Long Time Lurker] Especially because there’s no indication that I noticed of West/East for the longitude [/QUOTE] I take that back. I see now that the latitude ends on the letter “N” in “narcon,” and the longitude begins with the letter "W’ in “phew.” ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941/68 "2007-04-07T01:38:23Z")
[QUOTE=Long Time Lurker] [This is what I ended up with.](http://maps.google.com/?q=40+5+24.12+,+-83+3+35.16&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=40.09031,-83.059768&spn=0.001756,0.003648&t=k&om=1&iwloc=addr) No structure there, though. Assuming it’s right, and just a google map error, then I wouldn’t have gotten it without the CMH clue. Especially because there’s no indication that I noticed of West/East for the longitude, and would probably be digging in a crater in China. [/QUOTE] Congratulations on solving it! I knew it could be done. The following discloses it all: [spoiler] The key represents the alphabet backwards. After the key is solved, replace each letter with it’s corresponding number. Discard all numbers above 10, 10 serves as the digit zero. This gives you 6150303821425004 after removing the spaces (which mean nothing) reverse that number and you have the solution. The solution, when input into Google Earth in its default data mode, shows the building. 4005241283030516 is what you end up with ultimately, it describes the following GPS sequence 40(degrees)05(minutes)24.12 (seconds) (North) 83(degrees) 03(minutes) 05.16(seconds) (West) GPS coordinates are for a small building in Columbus, OH using the same GPS datum that Google Earth uses.[/spoiler] There seems to be a glitch with Google Maps, replace the 35.16 with 05.16 and it should show you the building. My links keep showing your picture when I try to copy the URL. It’s my temporary office. Well done all of you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-crack-my-relatively-simple-code/397941.md?page=3)