Elevation graphs |
Elevation graphs |
Feb 19 2011, 08:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
It would be interesting to see the paths of our wonderful MERs depicted as elevation over time.
Spirit headed for the hills, and now Opportunity is headed for Endeavour |
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Feb 19 2011, 09:06 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
The necessary information is here on UMSF and in Google Mars if you have Eduardo's maps downloaded.
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 19 2011, 09:52 PM
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Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 5172 Joined: 4-August 05 From: Pasadena, CA, USA, Earth Member No.: 454 |
Acutally although there is partial route map information in Google Mars, Eduardo's Google Mars map only covers Opportunity from Victoria crater onward. I'd love to see Spirit's traverse and the rest of Opportunity's mapped out in Google Mars to the same fidelity, but don't have time. This would be a great project for someone who wanted to learn the ins and outs of Google Earth and receive the undying gratitude of other UMSF members...I'd be glad to tutor this hypothetical person in bringing in MOLA data & determining elevations....
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Feb 19 2011, 09:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
Dan, I don't have the skills to put such a graph together, and I don't have a University in my back pocket, hehe
Chapter 6 (page 33) of this doc from OSU has a nice description and graph until Sol 1890. http://shoreline.eng.ohio-state.edu/public...s_karahayit.pdf I have no idea how to make this type of graph, and such graphs are not readily visible in Google searches. I will keep looking, just wonder if anyone knows a place to find them? |
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Feb 19 2011, 10:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
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Feb 19 2011, 11:00 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
I'd be glad to tutor this hypothetical person in bringing in MOLA data & determining elevations.... Aren't your MOLA tracks included in one of the kml files? I would assume it's just a matter of interpolating/guess-timating between the nearest two lines. I'll have a look at this after the kids go to bed and see if it's something I want to chew off. -------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 20 2011, 12:27 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Feb 20 2011, 12:50 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
The Z values in these documents also represent the delta in height from the landing site
http://an.rsl.wustl.edu/mer/pages/osu/MERA...ol%201-2340.txt |
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Feb 20 2011, 01:35 AM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
Is it safe to assume these are driving days?
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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Feb 20 2011, 02:25 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
thanks and I really wish I had the skills to put the Z values into graph form. I like doing things that take time and effort -- just ask anyone I've worked with on a piece of music!
(sorry Doug, I couldn't see the fine print on that pic ) |
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Feb 20 2011, 08:56 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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Feb 20 2011, 08:38 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 754 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 1700 |
Thanks dude! Later today, I'm going to try the same process, get some mad graph skills happening.
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