Re: A proposal for two additional properties for LOCN

Hello Gannon,

Thank you for correcting the spelling mistake (yes, meter should be metre).

The graphs are working here, using OpenOffice. But I do protest against 
the assertion that leisure time is what remains from a day if you 
substract time for working, sleeping, eating and commuting. If it were 
only so... :-)

Regards,
Frans

On 2014-09-10 21:07, Gannon Dick wrote:
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> On Wed, 9/10/14, Frans Knibbe | Geodan <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl> wrote:
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>       So now I tend to agree that using a value and a unit to specify the spatial resolution could be the best solution. Perhaps we can make the unit default to meter, if it is not specified?
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> Yes, use the metric system (metre).  It is now based on (frequency^2) not (velocity^2). Originally it was based on the distance between the Equator and the North Pole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre). The subtle "problem" here is that the range of the Latitude "parameter" (0-90 Degrees, 0-91.3125 Days, 0-100 Centigrade) is is cut in half (again, since the defininition already limited the range to the Northern Hemisphere) while the Longitude range (0-360 Degrees, 0-365.25 Days, or Gradians/Centigrade 0-400) remains full scale. "Temperature" on an absolute scale does not range well.  The apparent length of day depends on Latitude alone.  I cannot get the graph objects in MS Excel and ODS to play nicely, so unfortunately I can't show you the true-up.
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> What I can do is demonstrate that the small yearly variation in the 365.25 day long "Year" and the 24 Hour long "Day" average out over a Julian Century.  Americans and the British are already using the metric system, they just don't know it.
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> http://www.rustprivacy.org/2014/balance/wake-sleep.zip
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> (Please let me know if the graphs are working.  The Sleep, Work, Lunch and Commute parameters are input on the "Control" page)
>
> --Gannon
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>


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