Error in loop closure algorithm?

Olly Betts olly at survex.com
Thu Aug 12 18:11:32 BST 2004


On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 05:47:14PM +0100, Olly Betts wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 08:44:34AM -0600, John Halleck wrote:
> >   I think it obvious, but worth stating, that any shot between
> >   a given loop, and the control point, is not statistically
> >   independent of that blunder.  (Since all sections between
> >   the control point and a given point contribute SOMETHING)
> >   to the computation of the coordinates.
> 
> I don't follow what you're trying to say here at all.  I suspect you
> must mean something other than "statistically independent" in its
> normal mathematical sense...

Ah, I think you have the order wrong.  It's control point - shot -
blunder, but you seem to think it's control point - blunder - shot.

Cheers,
    Olly



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