[OSM-newbies] Measuring angles from two positions sufficient to give location?

[Stefan Bethke]

Am 25.05.2009 um 08:59 schrieb Kelly Jones:

> From a known location X, three landmarks A, B, and C, form a triangle,
> and I measure the 3 angles of the triangle.
>
> From a different known location Y, I do the same thing.
>
> In both cases, I can only measure the angles between the landmarks,
> not the distances.
>
> Given this information, can I tell the positions of A, B, and C?

Yes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangulation


Stefan

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