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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 21:20
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Originally Posted by mm43
The graphic in post #5965 has further been updated with the positions of the LKP at IGARI and a possible PSR position at 1822z, that are interlinked to the possible backtrack position west of Banda Aceh.
Hey mm43 thanks for the updated graphic, though as I mentioned before the projection is wrong. You need to either correctly project the satellite ping radius on the map projection you have (it won't be a circle anymore) or use an azimuthal projection centred on the satellite (then you can use a circle for the ping distance). The equidistant projection you are using is only equidistant with respect to latitude (vertical) distance from the equator and not equidistant at any angle from a point (even if the point is at the equator).
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