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Re: Where are you most likely to be in the triangle?
From: Bill B
Date: 2017 Jan 21, 18:43 -0500
From: Bill B
Date: 2017 Jan 21, 18:43 -0500
On 1/21/2017 5:38 PM, Bill Lionheart wrote: > So which point do we choose in the triangle as our position? The > "middle"? Perhaps a better question would be, "What are the odds that our true position is actually in the triangle?" Try this. Look at the LOPs that form cocked hat. Now think what the error in each LOP might be. Perhaps plus/minus 2 tenths of a mile to either side? Now draw lines parallel on either side of each LOP 0.2 miles away. The results will create a larger and smaller triangle than than you started with. Anything within the larger triangle but outside the original cocked hat is also quite possible. If I recall threads from the past, you have a higher probability of being outside the cocked hat than it it. I'll try to find the thread that. Any help locating the thread would be appreciated.
