The division of the horizon into 12 directions can also be used global or indoor. Alternative location codes see www.volksnav.de/Alternatives.

During and after the Digital day:2021 and ACT4SDGs Week, anyone can hunt treasures with the help of imaginary clocks within the Tiergarten in Berlin and Theresienwiese in Munich.

Let's not forget: digital comes from digitus = finger = countable or quantify-able. Right/left, the division of the horizon into 12 directions etc. are also countable and digital !

You won't find any signage or maps. The treasure to unt is the rediscovering of a NON-artificial intelligence: your IMAGINATION!

As alternatives to right/left, you can find the treasures acc. to the following navigation methods:

EGOcentric navigation The center of the clock is your own body..   Start point: the Brandenburger Tor.   The only information: the Quadriga looks to m3 respectivly sunset: 1 unity = 10 meter ZZnav / ZigZag navigation Each route segment is only valid until the next POD point-of-decision, in this case the crossings. For example, the route m3 m3 m3 m12 means "after the thirth crossing in direction sunrise turn to north". If the route segment indicates a radius, so you can leave the path way. Die indication "m6 r5 m9 r2" means "50 meter to south, afterwards 20m to sunset ". BLnav   BeeLine nevigation     The airway route Example: BL2 r600 = 600m in direction m2 ZZ around BL The participant should only use streets or pathways, so he has to navigate around the BeeLine. If the way forces for example to walk "too late", so this must be corrected on the next POD "to earlier" and so on, see image.

VolksNav / EXOcentric navigation, similar to geocaching. The center of the clock is the Brandenburger Tor. The VolksNav app can be used, but the tasks can be performed simply with brain work. Starting point: anywhere in Berlin

 

 

Exercises (solutions at the end of this column)

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EGO ZZnav - start point: Brandenburger Tor ( = Berlin r0)

Follow this path and find a historical treasure :

m7 m7 m7 *) m7 m10 m1 m1 m3 m3 m3 m3

*) the lions aren't a POD PointOfDecision

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EGO BLnav:

Starting point Brandenburger Tor (Berlin r0), 1 unity = 10 Meter

Fly to BL9 r183 (or m9 r183)

(Tip: a landmark, there is no need to leave the street)

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EGO BL over ZZ

Start: Berlin r0

BL8 r140

(Tip: more to south and closer to start point than the last exercise)

Walk only the paths, be always aware about the forced walk direction m... and correct this along the BL8. In case if doubts, choose the later direction, e. g. m8 insteadt of m7.

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EXOnav / VolksNav indoor / Tiergarten

Start: anywhere within Tiergarten.

Find this treasure: Tiergarten m2:25 r120

Tip: sometimes makes music

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EXOnav / VolksNav urban, with VolksNav App,

1 unity = 100m. Start: anywhere in Berlin.

Find this treasure without leaving the pathas or streets.:

Berlin m9:2 r8

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Other than with geocaching, advancers will compare the time and radius codes, form a beeLine and follow the BL with ZZnav. The hunter on picture came to the conclusion that he must go to outside and to earlier. On sector m6/south this would be BL = m3 / sunrise or BL4. This sounds complicated but is very intuitive in a real situation, .

Signage like on picture will substitute the app.. The sign answers the question "where am I?" and points to north/m12, center of clock, WC, all emergency doors etc.

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EGO ZZ: Brandenburger Tor = Berlin r0

EGO BL over ZZ: Rousseau island: = Berlin m8:4 r9

 

VolksNav indoor AND urban:

Carillon = Tiergarten m2:25 r120 = Berlin m9:2 r8

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