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[MochaPixel]

Everything seems to fit very nicely together, so I'm thinking we just need to wait for another clue/hint from the PMs to narrow things down.

[horkheimer]

How did you guys come up with "PAWN" in the marker assigned to the pond on thebruce's central park map?

[Saprophyte]

underground?

[dposse]

Re: underground?

[niles]

Re: underground?

[dposse]

Re: underground?

[dreamerblue]

I'm curious about the shape of the artifact. American friends, does it remind of the shape of one of your States at all? I'm looking at a map of the States and the closest thing I can see is Oregon, but I thought the shape of the artifact was weird & wanted to play with the idea.

[EnsO]

[Deanodon]

I'd say EnsO is correct, in that we were putting the X where we wanted it, and then finding justifications for putting it there.

I just spent 20 minutes searching for pawn symbols, and that isn't one at any of the chess websites I found (though I'm open to some reference that will tell me that it is).

The map as is doesn't take into account most of the numbers on the grid, nor does it deal with anything other than the star and the X on the fax.

And remember Chuck said, "Whoever finds it will spread it, and it will grow."

Now that could mean just that someone will find the drop and tell the rest of us, or it could mean that we've got to scale it larger.

It's hard to pronounce a puzzle solved, then realize the solution wasn't the correct one and have to start all over, but maybe we should go back to the overlays and look at them with a fresh eye.

[horkheimer]

That looked more like a book to me.. not sure what that means with the "D" after it though.. Although "Book D" is the formal name for the DVD-R specification.. Seems pretty out there,though.

[Saprophyte]

Backtracking

[PostLarval]

To be clear, there are two different interpretations of how to overlay the chart/fax/SF Drop on Central Park. The one I initially proposed utilizes the chart not as an exact layover, but as a portrayal of significant landmarks that would simply lead us to this location. In addition, it only uses the portion of the chart that is framed by the fax and SF drop (if the rest were relevant I think it would also fit within the boundaries of the fax). I posted all this this as spec in the initial puzzle thread, though I didn't draw a detailed map of what I was trying to get across. So I've included one below.

What first drew my attention to New York was the 3 parallel diagonal lines. Assuming we had a map, I figured these must represent streets... and I remembered that New York City streets don't run directly N/S - E/W, but at this same angle. I also thought that the 'wishbone' toward the center might represent a street, so I looked to Central Park knowing that it had winding roads. From there I deduced the following:

The SF Drop (in blue)
-The city streets next to the park match the parallel diagonal lines
-The intersection of W 79th Transverse Rd and East Drive matches the 'wishbone'
-The two circular paths in the lower left corner of the map match the two 0s

The Chart (in red)
-84th street is in the upper left of the map and matches 84 on the chart
-(pointed out by Flaming Sheep) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir may fit with 2010, as she married Onassis on the 20th of October. (It may also be worth noting that she lived in an apartment on 5th Avenue which is less than 2 blocks north of the Museum of Art, and looks down on both the Museum and the Reservoir).
-In the center of the map can be found, from left to right, the Turtle Pond, The Art Museum (Metropolitan), and the Upper East Side. Which matches with T, A, U on the chart.

The Fax (in purple)
-The oval marked with an X on the fax fits over the Great Lawn when viewed in relation to the SF drop (above the 'wishbone') and when viewed in relation to the chart (to the upper left of the A - for Art).

And finally- when I decided the X might represent the Great Lawn, I remembered that the final scene of the video (with Terry Nanny talking to the Treasure Hunter) appears to have been shot right in that spot.

Note that it was the SF drop which originally made me focus on Central Park, and that the SF drop 'reunited' with the fax (independent of the chart) makes a strong case for this location.

Now as I originally pointed out, this does not account for ALL data given. And as I said above, I don't view the data to be an EXACT layover... rather, significant markers that would lead us to Central Park. Altogether it's fairly convincing... but I don't claim it's the be-all end-all solution. I encourage everyone to question it, and if you feel it's wrong, to find something that more accurately fits. Or if you agree, to fill in any missing pieces.

[teufelsdrochk]

[EnsO]

[PostLarval]