Cornfield Chase
niteCTF 2025
Published: December 13, 2025
Last Updated: December 17, 2025
Initial Analysis
Looking around, I spotted a power pole with a label:

Step 1
A simple google image search tells you that these are common utility poles in Taiwan.
Then, I found this reddit post, “A map I made to help with Taiwan power pole codes.”, mentioning an even more detailed post on Taiwan

Step 2
Using this, the label I found must be in the N section, 4% eastward and 89% northward.
However, since the CTF requires the location to be within 250m of the actual place, I needed to be more precise. The above article had a link to another website with a script to convert Taiwan power pole labels to the exact (almost) coordinates.

Being the script kiddie I am, I downloaded the file and ran the script on the target label, getting the coordinates of 23.4535, 120.2579

Flag
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