Triangulation

[SUPERmegaAWESOME135]

thanks really helpful

[Luckysayshello]

Dude the vdo was good. I Learned the technology they use to triangulate a mobile phone..but that does'nt xplain the "question mark" after the words-"THE END" ..HE HE HE

[redlightrecords]

Yeah, it's helpful to understanding the concept, but as for the actual application of finding the distance to the tree, seems you've made it 10 times harder on yourself.

[Luckysayshello]

@redlightrecords its helps by not making u walk to the tree n count ur footsteps...

[ProtossGod100]

I'm 12 so is it wrong for me to be learning this? I didn't get it at first but watching it the second time, I knew how to do it!

[shibbiness]

@ProtossGod100 that's good bud!

[shibbiness]

@shibbiness I was around 14 when I made this I think.

[XxMaliqueOG]

i get it now to parallax

[dokuya226]

Nice idea. I don't think that you need to worry about the line being parallel to the object all it has to do is be straight. Next is that you don't have to draw a 90 degree line down to the base line. One of the ends of the base line should be the distance you are looking for. Just scale the line and you have the distance. Just a simplification of a great idea you had.

[Luckysayshello]

@dokuya226 dude..what if he has to measure distance between his house and tree??? he will have to go a little bit left of his house n a little bit of right in order to imagine the line...but he has to find distance from his house to tree...not from right point to tree or left point from tree....n that thing about parralel...then how can a bloddy vertical tree be parralel to a horizontal line???? "food for thought"

[dokuya226]

@Luckysayshello What you are doing is making a line and measuring it.  At each end you establish the angle to the object that you want to find the distance too. With that information you make a map to the scale that you established with the line that you measured, drawing that line to scale. At each end you draw the lines out at the angles measured and where they intersect is where the object is. Now with the scale that you created you can measure the distance from anywhere on your map.

[Luckysayshello]

@dokuya226 ok ok...u meant not to draw...i thot u said to reason to know the distance....nice simplication. But I was right on the "parellel" thing..:-D

[dokuya226]

@Luckysayshello Yes parallel was not the correct word to use and there was no need to drop a line down and make a 90 degree angle to get the measurement because it can be done much simpler the way that I described it. 

[TimJSwan89]

This is a great video to show how triangulation can be implemented with no symbolic algebra. Of course, for objects at a long distance, people should understand that it's hard to draw an accurate triangle with two very small angles. If your angle is too small to draw out then just take (baseline/2)*tangent(angle) where angle is the angle of the stick to the base line. Please note the formula I gave only works right if both your angles are the same.

[abdulbasitkhan]

This is a very useful explanation. Thanks

[1992amar1992]

NERD

[answermachine]

@1992amar1992 He's not anerd, your just a dumb little shit. I understand this and I can guarantee I'm younger than you are...

[flyingkittys]

the point where the lines meet is where your object was?

[shibbiness]

@flyingkittys yes, the top vertex of the triangle you made is your object. So by measuring from the base of the triangle to the top vertex and converting using your scale, you are essentially finding the distance to your object.

[flyingkittys]

@shibbiness I just could not read the last word @ 2:04 because of those lines in the way.

[baeronautics]

@shibbiness how long should be the base line?

[asddsa76]

Umn, you got a paper thats 40cm? Here, they are just 21cm*27cm. And the diagonal isn't 40 either.

[shibbiness]

@asddsa76 Use a different scale.

[baeronautics]

@shibbiness how long should be the base line can we take it as long as we want? what or why not?

[shibbiness]

@baeronautics as long as you want, depending on how far the object your measuring is. Generally the longer your baseline is the more accurate your measurement will be.

[GirlOnQ]

that was some funky triangulation

[tropicalight]

woow.

this is very helpful

thaaanks.

[andrewyao12]

Thank You!

Couldn't find a useful explanation on the web! This is excellent!

[shibbiness]

glad it helped

[ballerbros]

wow this is frickin brilliant thank you sir u helped me pass highschool

[Tyranan]

this video doesnt even prove what your saying is correct.

[shibbiness]

Why don't you try it yourself and see that it does work. It's not that hard.

[1992Amardeep1992]

LOL NERD!!!!!!!!

i cant believe this got over 1000 views haha

[jigmesam]

Thanks, I can finally range in my neighbour's window. Been taking potshots at him all week and I can't fucking hit him! ;)

[xoxdancer132]

YOU just saved me. Thank you!

[shibbiness]

glad it helped.

[mrsmop2]

been looking for hours for a decent explanation. Well explained. Thanks

[shibbiness]

no prob, glad it helped.

[smunit]

lol thanks man.

[nbf6gkldy]

THANK YOU!!!!!

[shibbiness]

lol np, glad it helped somone

[danielk223]

Good Video :)