[aprssig] Proximity detection
Robert Bruninga
bruninga at usna.edu
Wed Aug 22 12:13:52 EDT 2007
> Bit hard to do in a PIC chip Wes
>> ... you could use cosine corrected Pythagorean theorem....
>
>>> If you get a micro, and you know from a GPS
>>> where you are, and then you pick up another
>>> position, one would assume you can then apply
>>> a basic "is there anyone in my box" calculation ?
Simplify it to a frist order solution and just take the
difference
>> dist=sqrt((COS(avg lat)x[delta long]^2)+[delta lat]^2).
>
Becomes
Dist= DeltaLONG + DeltaLAT
Which is simple addition and subtraction. The distance will not
be scaled and will result in a box that is not square, but even
that can be corrected for. Trivial to do, just by comparing
lat/longs.
Bob
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