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Rule 528 Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/25/2006
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The coordinates take you to parking for this cache
Part 1:
A new cacher without a GPS, has six (6) cache containers ready to place and was wondering where to hide them. While walking through the park he realized that BrianSnat, TRL, Treequest, Ekitt10 and Avroair had almost saturated the area with caches. He was told by his friendly reviewer that he couldn't place a cache within 528 feet of another cache. The new cacher wasn't good at math so he decided to divide the park up into a grid with each square representing a 528 ft by 528 ft area. He began to fill in the squares with icons indicating who had placed a cache in what spot but then realized he only remembered the first (and sometimes second) cache which he had come across while entering from the various entry points around the park. He also knew that no cacher had placed more than one cache in one row or column.
Where can he place his caches?
Solution An example of a solution can be found below.

Part 2
Once you have figured out the 6 spots that are free, write down the letters that correspond to each of those grids and make a word out of them. Now refer to the offset (from the parking coordinates) list below to work out where the cache is placed. The first number corresponds to the North coordinate, the second to the W. Example: If the solution word the letter 'A' in it, you must add 0.002 to the North coordinate and add 0.010 to the West coordinate.
A= +0.002,+0.010; B= -0.010,-0.010; C= -0.010,+0.010; D= +0.010,-0.010; E= +0.050,+0.050,
F= -0.050,-0.050; G= -0.025,0.000; H= 0.000,-0.025; I= -0.025, -0.025; J= +0.025, 0.000;
K= 0.000,+0.025; L= 0.000,-0.025, M= -0.050,0.000; N= 0.000,-0.010; O=0.000,-0.050;
P= +0.025,+0.025; Q= +0.100,+0.100; R= +0.010,+0.010; S= +0.010,+0.010; T= -0.025,+0.025;
U= -0.100,-0.100; V= -0.010,-0.010; W= +0.050,+0.050; X= 0.000,0.000; Y= -0.050, +0.050;
Z= 0.000,0.000


Part 3
The cache is located within 0.5 miles of the parking coordinates, and is a small tupperware container with a logbook, a couple of pencils and some goodies. If you have questions, get stuck or want to verify final coordinates feel free to contact me.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jurer jbhyq n fdhveery uvqr?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)