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Almost Triangulation : why you need at least two measures to guess where you are ...


4 landmarks solution


3 landmarks solution


Why we should use the 3 landmarks solution


Why we should use the 4 landmarks solution

Always use landmarks as away as possible from you

Triangulation : A method of fixing an unknown point (for example in navigation) by making it a vertex of a triangle whose other vertices and angles are known (Collins Dictionary of Mathematics).

 


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