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[Xevo]

Looks like odd_duck didn't happen today =/ Nice try anyway, though, peccable and rowan!

[peccable]

[aliendial]

Just a note - in situations where the coordinates were based on the address, THE ENTIRE BUILDING is at the coordinates. Thus ANY phones in the building could be ringing. Not to get too hung up on exactly what mapquest shows, because in an address-based situation the "x" is just a place on Broad Street in the right part of the block. So really, there was a good chance you were at the right phones. Dang. (we don't know that was how these coordinates were chosen, but it's possible)

The payphones in the subway in DC - the coordinates have not been right on top of the subway entrance but like 50-100 feet down the street. (We only figured that out based on a couple cases where there simply weren't any nearer phones.) We also have one where the coordinates are right at a subway entrance but the correct phones are the ones halfway down the block (NOT in the subway). Go figure.

One way to triangulate, because it sometimes yields slightly different results because it is not address-focussed - is the geocaching site vpisteve mentioned some time ago. (Free membership needed to get detailed results; ignore the suggestion to take a paying membership, you won't need it.) I used it to help find that last one up there -- its results were also wrong, halfway up the block but across the street, but that helped me decide to try the outside phones the first day rather than the subway phones.

[rowan]

[kidk]

Trying the reverse geocoding trick based off NavTech data (the biggest supplier for MapPoint and MapQuest and a good deal of others) this is the best I can come up with.

1400 Moravian St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (39.9495749648241,-75.1642442309418)
S Watts St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (39.9491275874334,-75.1637456271324)
1333 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (39.9492266251764,-75.1634724195656)
180 S Juniper St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (39.9493563987706,-75.163247023323)

Of course, none of this helps with the fact that the time of the call is at odds with everyone's schedule.

[rhymeswithsausage]

I was going to join the wild odd_duck hunt this weekend, but some car troubles grounded me in NJ. It seems I didn't miss much, but it would have been nice to meet some beekeepers. Thank you Peccable & Rowan for putting in the effort.

[Thoth]

odd_duck and the_labyrinth are showing as 'Axon Canceled' now... hope we didn't lose our only chance at those clips.

[Arana]

[aliendial]

And who are Katy W, Susan A and Zemat, and what did they do that unlocked the new clips? And what does 5.14.77 mean?


Hmm. zemat posted here about an earlier communication with the flea...

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=76659&highlight=#76659

zemat, WTG and what'd you do?

[Shad0]

Re: 5.14.77

[aliendial]

very cool.

[Zemat]

Re: 5.14.77

[aliendial]

In addition to the two new Confidential axons, odd_duck and the_labyrinth are now cancelled. I don't know what to say...Lost forever?

[C_Brennan]

Anyone know exactly how our security did get compromised? I mean, what happened that would make her stop broadcasting this stuff?

[aliendial]

That's from when the Queen caught the SP and found the recipe3 hiding place. Which is why SP doesn't just put them up anymore. I guess theoretically the Queen is still hiding stuff there and SP is (via the contactme.html page) getting us the wavs.