Tools of the Trade

1. 1. Finding the location of something with latitude and longitude coordinates. Here
2. 2. Find all the anagrams for a word. Here
3. 3. A good online dictionary and translator. Here
4. 4. Check out a place before you go there with Google street view. Just enter the address or latitude and longitude coordinates. Click on the bubble that appears on the map and then a little picture that says street view pops up. Click on it. Here
5. 5. Read about ciphers in Wikipedia. Here
6. 6. All the cipher tools you could ever want to decode or encode a cipher. Here
7. 7. A good explanation of transposition and substitution ciphers. Here
8. 8. Discussion about the Enigma cipher machine. Here
9. 9. Forum discussion boards about every armchair treasure hunt known to man and woman alike. Here
10. 10. Do you have some English that needs translating into hieroglyics? Here
11. 11. Do you want to send a secret message that looks like spam? Here
12. 12. Steganography: How to Send a Secret Message. Learn about steganography, one of the prime tools used in armchair treasure hunts. Here