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Re: Sight Reduction Formula
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2003 Oct 19, 11:22 -0700
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2003 Oct 19, 11:22 -0700
George Huxtable wrote: > > example above). Rectangular to polar conversions are conventionally > intended to produce an angle which increases anticlockwise from the x-axis, > whereas we require an angle that increases clockwise from the y axis, so a > bit of thoughtful tinkering may be called for. One solution is to lie to the machine. Where it wants x, give it y, and vice versa. Leave the signs unchanged. That will generate azimuths increasing clockwise from zero at north.
