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On 06/05/2011 11:18 PM, Walt wrote:
On 6/5/2011 10:50 PM, wrote: wrote this crap: I would have tried something like that. I use a spreadsheet to create polar coordinates from metes and bounds data using an 80 year old transit and a stadia pole. If anyone understands what I just wrote please raise your hand. Actually I've been drinking and I understand it. But everyone prefers Cartesian coordinates. Actually, I prefer generalized orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Especially when I've been drinking. Euclidean space and Cartesian coordinates are so *rigid*. When the area concerned is an acre or less, the errors that creep in from the Cartesian system are negligible and the system is so much easier to work with. I try not to drink when I'm making a map. It could result in a septic system being built three feet above the ground. The client would be most unhappy. //Walt |
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On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:18:43 -0400, Walt wrote
this crap: On 6/5/2011 10:50 PM, wrote: VtSkier wrote this crap: I would have tried something like that. I use a spreadsheet to create polar coordinates from metes and bounds data using an 80 year old transit and a stadia pole. If anyone understands what I just wrote please raise your hand. Actually I've been drinking and I understand it. But everyone prefers Cartesian coordinates. Actually, I prefer generalized orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Bull**** Especially when I've been drinking. Euclidean space and Cartesian coordinates are so *rigid*. //Walt This reminds me of an ancient Chinese proverb that I once made up. It goes a little something like this, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****." Vote for Romney. Repeal the nightmares |
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VtSkier wrote:
We all use GPS coordinates. When you need a lot of points on the ground to be able to do a contour map GPS is: 1) way more accurate than you need since all data is local and 2) way too slow, you'll be there several days at 1/2 hour per point. We have issues at times using gps to build track maps and monitor vehicle position and collect dynamic data. At 170mph the gps scans at 5hz and that means that about 50 feet pass between each reading. A lot of stuff can happen in fifty feet. We get more accurate maps with a lateral accelerometer and a wheel speed indicator |
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On 06/06/2011 14:47, VtSkier wrote:
I try not to drink when I'm making a map. It could result in a septic system being built three feet above the ground. The client would be most unhappy. Pierre could live with it.... |
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:36:11 -0400, down_hill
wrote this crap: VtSkier wrote: We all use GPS coordinates. When you need a lot of points on the ground to be able to do a contour map GPS is: 1) way more accurate than you need since all data is local and 2) way too slow, you'll be there several days at 1/2 hour per point. We have issues at times using gps to build track maps and monitor vehicle position and collect dynamic data. At 170mph the gps scans at 5hz and that means that about 50 feet pass between each reading. A lot of stuff can happen in fifty feet. We get more accurate maps with a lateral accelerometer and a wheel speed indicator Have you tried slowing down? Try going only 150mph. Few vehicles go that fast anyway. Vote for Romney. Repeal the nightmares. |
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"Walt" wrote in message ... On 6/5/2011 10:50 PM, wrote: VtSkier wrote this crap: I would have tried something like that. I use a spreadsheet to create polar coordinates from metes and bounds data using an 80 year old transit and a stadia pole. If anyone understands what I just wrote please raise your hand. Actually I've been drinking and I understand it. But everyone prefers Cartesian coordinates. Actually, I prefer generalized orthogonal curvilinear coordinates. Especially when I've been drinking. Euclidean space and Cartesian coordinates are so *rigid*. //Walt I have to ask, is Walt having a Freudian misunderstanding between Cartesian coordinates and coordinating with courtesans. Ernie |
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:30:58 -0400, VtSkier wrote
this crap: This reminds me of an ancient Chinese proverb that I once made up. It goes a little something like this, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****." You didn't make that up! I'm older than you and I heard it before you were born! I made up all the ancient Chinese proverbs, and the new ones. Vote for Romney. Repeal the nightmares. |
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On 6/6/11 7:30 AM, VtSkier wrote:
On 06/06/2011 09:17 AM, wrote: This reminds me of an ancient Chinese proverb that I once made up. It goes a little something like this, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull****." You didn't make that up! I'm older than you and I heard it before you were born! Commonly attributed to Caesar's Commentaries. But he cribbed it. |
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