Robo-Magellan Waypoints at the Seattle Center
On the SRS mailing list, the topic came up of what the GPS lat/long co-ordinates of the contest were. I saved my co-ordinates so I could come back and re-run the race later, so here they are:
The three midpoints are each in an area that has a clear, straight-line shot from the previous waypoint. Each midpoint is also out in the open, it was my intention to use dead-reckoning between each waypoint and then pause and recalibrate my position estimate using GPS at the waypoint before continuing on to the next.
The path from Mid 3 to End is very cluttered due to the layout of the course. Mid 3 was about as close as I could get to the end point without having to deal with tight path constraints due to obstacles. Navigating from Mid 3 to End could theoretically be done via dead reckoning, but serious obstacle avoidance would be needed in all but the most lucky of runs.
The three midpoints are each in an area that has a clear, straight-line shot from the previous waypoint. Each midpoint is also out in the open, it was my intention to use dead-reckoning between each waypoint and then pause and recalibrate my position estimate using GPS at the waypoint before continuing on to the next.
The path from Mid 3 to End is very cluttered due to the layout of the course. Mid 3 was about as close as I could get to the end point without having to deal with tight path constraints due to obstacles. Navigating from Mid 3 to End could theoretically be done via dead reckoning, but serious obstacle avoidance would be needed in all but the most lucky of runs.
Start 47.620593, -118.315947
Mid 1 47.620706, -118.315652
Mid 2 47.620701, -118.315385
Mid 3 47.620664, -118.315090
End 47.620537, -118.314920
posted by Jay Beavers at 9:28 PM
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