PRETORIA GeoArt Series
Welcome to PRETORIA!
The Pretoria geocaching community is very proud to present PRETORIA, the largest GeoArt series to date in South Africa.
Aside from its rich cultural history, Pretoria is also home to an extremely active geocaching community. The Pretoria geocachers are a very social bunch and meet at least once every month to share stories, swap experiences and trackables and enjoy each other's company. During one of our get-togethers, the idea of putting our beautiful city well and truly on the geocaching map was born. It started off as a small idea but we soon realized that it would be a huge undertaking. When the call for interested parties went out, the local community responded true to spirited Pretoria form and soon all 85 caches were allocated to 21 different teams. The PRETORIA GeoArt community project commenced in January 2014 and was completed six months later in June 2014.
We hope you will enjoy exploring our beautiful city of PRETORIA.
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Pretoria Street View
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The intent of this cache is to be able to show you a little about Pretoria, using a relatively recent technology known as Google Street View.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides panoramic views from positions along many streets in the world. It was launched on May 25, 2007, in several cities in the United States, and has since expanded to include cities and rural areas worldwide.
Where available, Street View images appear after zooming in beyond the highest zooming level in maps and satellite images, and also by dragging a "pegman" icon onto a location on a map. When dragging the pegman icon, blue lines on the map showing Street View imagery will appear. Using the keyboard or mouse, the horizontal and vertical viewing direction and zoom level can be selected. A solid or broken line in the photo shows the approximate path followed by the camera car, and arrows link to the next photo in each direction. At junctions and crossings of camera car routes, more arrows are shown.
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The cache is not located at the published coordinates. You will need to discover first where it is. The following pictures were all obtained from Google Street View, without revealing their exact location. You are now invited to find the exact same image and from there to answer the following questions.
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Location number 1
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To the right of this building you will find a:
(i) Bus (value 1)
(ii) Post box (value 2)
(iii) Ox-wagon (value 3)
The answer to this question will be A = (value X)
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Location number 2
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In front of this building is a sign. What is the Parking time limit on it?
(i) 30 min (value 2)
(ii) 60 min (value 4)
(iii) 120 min (value 6)
The answer to this question will be B = (value X)
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Location number 3
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Where, in Pretoria, is this statue located?
(i) Pretoria National Botanical Garden (value 3)
(ii) Chamberlain Bird Sanctuary (value 6)
(iii) National Zoological Gardens of South Africa (value 9)
The answer to this question will be C = (value X)
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Location number 4
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What is the house number right in front of the main entrance?
(i) 427 (value 4)
(ii) 441 (value 8)
(iii) 447 (value 12)
The answer to this question will be D = (value X)
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Location number 5
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In front of this entrance is a sign board. What is written on it?
(i) Jenopa Books & Gifts (value 5)
(ii) Mokha Restaurant (value 10)
(iii) Milkplum Café (value 15)
The answer to this question will be E = (value X)
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Location number 6
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On the back side of this location, you will find a robot. What is the colour bottom light showing?
(i) Red (value 6)
(ii) Orange (value 12)
(iii) Green (value 18)
The answer to this question will be F = (value X)
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| The final location of the cache is: |
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S25º (CxE).A(FxD-EE)
E028º (F+A).(FxCxB+BB)
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A special thanks to Avieira who allowed me to do a similar puzzle of one of his caches - "Coimbra Street View" and who helped me to do this puzzle.
