Dog Hound

OSINT | Medium - Dog Hound

Challenge

My cousin is going on an excursion to a historical artists’ birth city. He sent me coordinates of the place. I can't seem to figure out where this location is. Can you help me out? (Please wrap your answer like such: scs{answer})

45S 656837.40 3792031.36

hint

Think of the coordinate systems we went over in our presentation.

Q1 - 90 points
What is the city that the coordinates lead to?

Q2 - 10 points
What famous artists’ hometown is my friend visiting? (no middle name)

Solution

Solution Guide

1. What is the city that the coordinates lead to?
   1. Use a UTM to latitude and longitude converter
   2. Enter in the coordinate values: 45S 656837.40 3792031.36
   3. Get the Latitude and Longitude
      1. Latitude : 34.2576 deg, or 34 deg 15 min 27.36 sec
      2. Longitude: 88.7034 deg, or 88 deg 42 min 12.24 sec
   4. (Optional) Convert to WSG84 for easy tracking: 34.2576° N, 88.7034° W
   5. Paste that WSG84 location into google maps
2. What famous artists’ hometown is my friend visiting? (no middle name)
   1. Search up “what famous artist was born in tupelo mississippi”

Credits

• Author(s): Swapnil Roy (thespcrewroy)