Find The Length of a Coastline - Programming - Part 1
About a week ago I wrote an article where I hypothesized that I could find the length of a coast-line using an algorithm based on a map or satellite image.
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About a week ago I wrote an article where I hypothesized that I could find the length of a coast-line using an algorithm based on a map or satellite image.
Inspired by this video I decided to make a good ole' spriograph program. It's true that I was playing around with these types of programs when I was like, 15...well to be fair I guess I started playing around with recursive for loops and writing vectors when I was like ... "8". But, I really didn't have a real understanding on what I was doing until my teen years after taking my first programming classes in junior high. Mr. Jones...Big guy.
So, I was watching a Numberfile video on YouTube about finding the length of the British coast line.
The end conclusion in the video was that mathematically, it was impossible.
In the comments another poster suggested that a physicist would simply lay down a string along the coast and stretch it out to measure it as a single line.
Well, this got me to thinking about how I might approach this as a programmer.
Today I was watching this nifty video on Triponacci Numbers: https://youtu.be/e7SnRPubg-g and decided to better understand the math I would recreate his demonstrations using Javascript...(always helps me).
So here's my function
For the longest time I was under the impression that multiple HTML5 canvases would translate to faster performance.
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I don't think I would ever want to live in San Francisco. It was cold...in the summer. I just don't do cold.
I think my favorite part of the trip was driving back down the PCH.
The temperature in Redlands was predicted to be in the 110's over labor day weekend so, I decided to spend the holiday at the beach. There was a tropical storm off the coast but the surf was still just over chest on occasion. It was pretty powerful though. I got tossed around more than a few times and by the end of the weekend I was pretty beat up. But VERY satisfied. The water wasn't too cold, even without a wet suit. It never ceases to amaze me how in California the waves line up...break relatively evenly, and come in sets.
Decided to start experimenting with Python. I see plenty of jobs available using the language and I am interested so why not.
As usual when learning a new language I start by following the documentation learning how to print, concatenate,...do a little math. Then I see how I might port some of the basic things I might normally do.
A LOOOooong time ago...well 2001-2002'ish (I think). I was playing around a lot with Game Maker by Mark Overmars. There was developer named Brent who went by the handle Freegadgets who made a 3D engine Gadget 3D. It was really quite impressive. He started off by simply remaking a simple version of Doom. Over time he expanded it and eventually it used actual 3D polygons. It was loads of fun to build games with it and very easy. It was also a great learning tool. (As with MANY of my old projects I lost most of the games and models I built during this period).