From Cambridge Bay to the "parking lot" |
From Cambridge Bay to the "parking lot" |
Aug 31 2010, 08:19 PM
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Sep 3 2010, 05:38 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2228 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Marble Falls, Texas, USA Member No.: 116 |
In keeping with the "teach a man to fish" theme we saw last month, we should point out that Google Earth/Mars has a very useful ruler tool that, in conjunction with Eduardo's excellent KML route map, can be used to easily and accurately measure all sorts of distances along Opportunity's route, and elsewhere. Using it, I measured 9.65 km from the sol 2348 location to near Cape York following the proposed route line; the same distance quoted in the Planetary Society Update.
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