[GeoStL] Re: Math Lesson?
- From: "TKLNHL" <sydstyr@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 16:54:03 -0600
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Once again, I understood, "I am a mathematician ..."
Nancy (Someday .. maybe ....)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce S" <bruces1321@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:45 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Math Lesson?
> -
> I am a mathematician and yes this one can be figured out before hand. To
> find where the point is you need to find the distance between the two
given
> points and the bearing between these points. (you can do this using gps
and
> putting both points in and putting in as route leg) From this you can get
> the direction to the cache by adding or subtracting 60 degrees from
bearing
> and the distance will be the same as the distance between the 2 points.
> (remember this is an equilateral triangle) Actually there are 2 possible
> points but one will end up in river.
>
> Bruce
>
>
> >From: Bernie <happykraut@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Math Lesson?
> >Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:28:11 -0600
> >
> >-
> > There is a palm based program called NavCalc that will do that for you.
> >Bernie
> >
> >P ekey wrote:
> >
> >>Help! I need a math lesson. I'd like to try to find the Cedar cache
> >>(GCA700), and from reading the logs, I might get lucky and just stumble
> >>into it, but I'd rather do the math first. I suppose I could go to
> >>midpoint between the two coordinates provided and project a waypoint to
> >>the final location, but there must be a better way to figure out the
final
> >>waypoint on paper. Can anyone point me to a website that could explain
how
> >>to triangulate waypoints? Or simply send directions?
> >>Thanks,
> >> Tribble 157
> >> . . . not a mathematician
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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