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The Phillips 66 map can provide the instructions, the bearing reference and the distance scale without necessarily requiring its physical geometry to …
Shaq, I owe you an apology. I mistakenly believed that the image with the grid pattern was yours and that it was an older version of the image you p…
1. Finding an identifiable point on P66 is easy.But after 56 years, can you show me just one identifiable point on P66 and explain why Z32 points to t…
I’ll try to keep this short and answer only the questions asked. Sorry I got carried away with those long posts. I’ll keep my replies as brief as poss…
I think we need to begin by distinguishing between two different ways of using a map. You argue that any conversion involving miles must necessarily…
Shaq, I fully understand that the Phillips 66 map is not geographically precise and that its printed scale is approximate. I have never disputed tha…
But Shaq, Zodiac was presenting a cipher and a geographical puzzle, not a step-by-step instruction manual.If he had explicitly explained every operati…
Shaq, we both start with six inches. According to the printed scale of the Phillips 66 map, those six inches represent approximately 38.4 miles.You do…
Thank you for taking the time to explain your position. I appreciate the discussion, even though we clearly disagree on how Zodiac’s instructions shou…
I agree that we were given a map, and that working with that map is the obvious starting point.But I think you are overlooking how much of the Phillip…
There is nothing inherently wrong with your three-step interpretation. It is a perfectly reasonable approach. But I don’t see why it should…
As you yourself pointed out on page 1, the Phillips 66 map has both a north-alignment error of approximately 5° and an actual scale of approximately 7…
But couldn’t the same question be asked of the cipher itself? Why didn’t Zodiac simply provide the entire instruction in plaintext?  …
I think your broader point about putting ourselves back into a 1970 mindset is a good one, and I agree that we should not expect modern GPS-level prec…
I’ll try to address both of your posts together here. In 1970, the natural reaction to receiving a paper map and a result expressed in inch…