[Az-Geocaching] Find the center

[Robert & Linda Smith]

Thanks Brian,
The page you listed is a very interesting read.  I really enjoyed it 
(didn't understand all of it) but enjoyed the read.  I don't need to be 
this close and accurate.  A few feet this way or that is fine.  I just 
wanted to be close.

Thanks to everyone who sent me suggestions.

Bob Smith, 1/2 of Team Petite Elite

Brian Cluff wrote:

> Robert & Linda Smith wrote:
>
>> For instance: Point 1 is N34 36.346 W112 29.115,  Point 2 is N34
>> 36.652 W112 27.942, Point 3 is N34 36.224 W112 28.532  I am looking
>> for the coordinates at the dead center of these 3 points.
>
>
> Hmmm, I guess the first thing you would want to do is decided "what is 
> the center of a triangle... there is more than one way to calculate 
> it, and it moved depending on how you do it.
>
> http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMT668.Student.Folders/Meredith/Meredith/Assignment.4/Ctrs.Tri.html 
>
>
> Then after you have looked over that page, you will have to decide 
> just how accurate you would like your center to be.
> If you are talking about points that are many miles apart, you will 
> have to take into account the curvature of the earth, and believe 
> me... over just a few miles you can get a HUGE error if you don't take 
> it into account.
>
> All I can say is, good luck... the formula to do it right is going to 
> probably fill the better part of a sheet of paper.  It would 
> definitely make for a puzzle cache that almost nobody would find.
> Brian Cluff
> Team Snaptek
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