Here we go again! Photos are required at all clue locations and posted on vigps.com. You/operatives are responsible for your own safety and well being.

Same rules/conditions apply as in “WHERE WILL YOU BE? CONTEST #1.

All questions are in WGS84; use 19deg. East compass declination, unless stated otherwise.

Let’s roll!

#1) Go to 11T 312707 E/5138930 N. There you’ll find a stump with a GPS tag on it. What is the tag number? ______

#2) We’ve buried a steel bar with a GPS tag on it at 11T 356534 E/4778823 N. What is the tag # on the bar? ______

#3) Go to 10U 411676 E/5462981 N. From here sight on a No Trespassing sign at 348 1/2deg. How far away is the sign? ______

#4) Go to 10T 443929 E/ 5264197 N. Attached to a ten foot moss-topped stump you’ll find a GPS tag. What is the tag #? ______

#5) Go to 10U 457605 E/ 5361114 N. Sight at 80deg. to the top of a roof of a yellowish coloured house with a gray roof that is below you, 4deg. (205 meters). What is the distance to the middle top of the roof? ______

Total all the distances or tag #’s and call them “meters”. What is this number? ______

Multiply this number by 16.428. What is this number? ______ Call this number meters.

Now go to 12S 676069.463 E/4247063.628 N. From here, follow a compass bearing of 295deg. 23min. 06.9445sec. for the distance you determined above in meters. This will have you at a grave. Whose grave is this? ________________

Place this grave photo on vigps.com.

This contest expires May 31st, 2005 at 6:00PM, PDT(as does WHERE WILL YOU BE? CONTEST #1).

This contest is worth $500.00 to the first individual/team to report on vigps.com as well as notifying The Team.

Same rules and regulations apply re WHERE WILL YOU BE? Contest #1 &  #2….Photos required at all clue locations, and posted on vigps.com.   You/operatives are responsible for your own safety and well being.

WHERE WILL YOU BE? CONTEST #3  as follows:

1)  Go to 49deg. 21.020min.   124deg. 48.418min.  There you will find a  number painted on a rock.  From this number, sight at 92deg. (always WGS84 &  19deg. E declination, unless stated otherwise) to an island.  What is the  distance to the island?  ______

2)  Go to 10U 395168 E/5378988 N.  How many meters is it to a chimney on a  white house with a green roof at 77deg.?  ______

3)  Go to Giles, Utah.  Near the highway, you’ll find an old stone building.  Stand beside the chimney.  a)  What are the last four digits in the Easting?  ______  b) What are the last four digits in the Northing? ______

4)  Go to 10U 343165 E/5410312 N.  Sight at 340deg. to a yellow house. Sight  between the two top windows.  How far are they from the sighting position?   ______

5)  Go to 10U 362647 E/5476225 N.  There you’ll find a stake with two tag  numbers on it.  What are the total of the two tag numbers?  ______

Now total the six numerical answers to the questions above.  Presume your  answer is in meters.  What is the total?

If you add this total to 483982 you will get a correct Easting. (Zone  12S)

If you add this number to 4269246, you will get a correct Northing. (Zone  12S)

You will now be at an obvious man made object.  It will have a door on it.   Glued on a 2×4 above this door, is a GPS tag.  What is the tag #?  ______

Take a photo of this man made object, plus a photo of the tag – put on  vigps.com.  Send The Team this tag #.

This contests ends May 31st, 2005 at 6:00PM, PDT.

Payout of $500.00 will apply only to the winner, (either individual or team),  of this contest.

Enjoy!

Same rules, conditions and prize money as WHERE WILL YOU BE? Contest #1….you are responsible for your safety and well being while performing these contests. Photos required for all clue locations and posted on vigps.com.

Here are the questions for WHERE WILL YOU BE? CONTEST #4…..

1) Go to 10U 443671 E and 5408963 N. How far is it to the centre of a concrete tower at 118deg. but below you by 642 meters? (4 deg. down). ______

2) Go to the McGee Creek railway trestle on the abandoned Canadian National line. There’s a GPS tag nailed under the trestle. What is the tag number? ______

3) Go to 10U 475174 East and 5412738 North. Nailed to the branch of an old tree is a GPS tag. What is the tag #? ______

4) You’ll enjoy going to 10U 429061 E and 5365197 North. There, five feet up a burned stump, you’ll find a GPS tag. What is the tag #? ______

5) Go to 12S 615574 East and 4246754 North. There you’ll find a GPS tag on a large rock. What is the tag #? ______

Now total up all the five numbers above. Multiply this number by 4.764. Call this number meters. Now add the number you determined to 562773, this will give you an Easting (Zone 12S).

Now add the number you determined to 4181486. This will give you a Northing (Zone 12S).

If you get all this figured out, you’ll be sitting on a tall rock which has a blank orange GPS tag glued to it. (It’s a high point) From this blank tag, follow a True compass bearing of 117deg. 16min. 32.8913sec., for a distance of less than 1 kilometer. Along this bearing, you’ll come to a dead 4ft. high tree with a blank orange GPS tag on it. There should be orange flagging tape on this tree. By the tree there’s a buried steel bar. What is the number on the buried steel bar? ______

Take a photo of this tree, and steel bar and put on vigps.com. Notify The Team the steel bar #, on, or before May 31st, 2005 at 6:00PM, PDT.

The winning team/individual will win $500.00Cdn.

Good Luck from The Team

A new contest for vigps users.

This contest has been modeled on GPS Drawing (http://www.gpsdrawing.com/gallery.htm). You walk, bike, drive with gps in hand, creating an interesting looking track file, and your fellow vigps.com users will decide who has made the Best Track on Vancouver Island.

Deadline: Midnight December 1, 2004.

How it works:

The track must be made on Vancouver Island, must be made on land, and must be at least 1 k in length.

Each entrant may submit a maximum of two tracks (entries).

Entries will be emailed to contest@vigps.com as an OZIexplorer format track file.

Screen shots will be placed online. The entrants name will not be published until after the winner has been announced.

Prizes are contributed by contest entrants – drop boxes are available in the Victoria, Nanaimo and Comox areas. You will submit one prize for each drawing entered.

After the contest deadline (December 1, 2004), everyone signed up on the vigps forums will get one vote. Voting will not be available until after all entries have been received.

All entries must be received by December 1, 2004 at midnight.

What do do:

1. Create a track.
2. Email your OZI format track file to contest@vigps.com, and ask a the prize drop location.
3. Email contest@vigps.com after you have placed a prize in a drop box so it may be quickly retrieved.

Notes and tips:

When you are about to begin your track, delete all tracks from your gps. Make your pretty drawing, then save your track in your gps, or turn your gps off.

Hurry home (drive carefully!), open OZIexplorer (www.oziexplorer.com) and “Get Track from GPS”. Do not alter your track. Gaze upon the wondrous beauty of your masterpiece, save the track file and email it to contest@vigps.com

After submission, your track file may be edited to remove stray points outside the drawing area – ie, those used to get you to and from your drawing location.

Until we see how many entries and prizes are available, we will assume that the winner takes all, or, in the event of a tie, prizes will be randomly distributed equally among the winners. If a significant number of entries/prizes are available, there may be prizes available to the top three.