| Re: Distance rounding errors |
Sat, 02 April 2005 06:15   |
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 mazda |
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| griboedov wrote on Sat, 02 April 2005 11:41 |
Yet another annoying feature (but predictable, so less severe):
Distances just over 162ly (i.e. 162.04) are often calculated as a 2 year trip. A similar thing happens when I plan to settle at warp 8 and the distance is 128.01
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I use this all the time for early pop movement.
Getting the furthest distance at a lower speed, or gaining an extra l.y.
e.g. to go 131 l.y. you'd try and go roughly 49.5 at W7 and 81.5 at W9.
Sometimes there isn't a suitable point to split the trip at - e.g. if you are going due N-S or E-W then you can't do it. The further you are from the vertical or horizontal then generally the better.
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