NMSCS Experiment #081518PCA

I am proud to announce that the NMSCA has completed first experiment.

Participants: Zen Amatin, Willyium

Record the grid coordinates at a specific distance from the intersection of two grid lines to other points along those same lines to determine the unit of measure used for each 01.00 change in the grid coordinates displayed on the scanner when on planets/moons.

From the start point of the intersection grid lines -23.00, +120.00, as displayed on the scanner, one traveler move along the +120.00 gridline to a distance of 500u and recorded the scanner coordinates from that position. Another observation was made at 1000u from the start point along the -23.00 gridline. A third observation was recorded at 500u form the start point along the -23.00 grid line in the opposite direction of the prior observation.

The results were then plotted as shown below:

The distances and grid coordinate changes were consistent between points except for a slight variation in one of the position which may have been due to elevation. The results of this experiment indicate the following:

A 500u change in distance from a fixed point resulted in a change in coordinates from 120.00 to 122.00. 500u equals a change of 2 in the coordinates, so therefore moving 250u from a fix point along a grid line will change your grid coordinate for that direction by 1.

A 1000u change in distance from a fixed point resulted in a change in coordinates from 120.00 to 116.00. 1000u equals a change of 4 in the coordinates, so again moving 250u from a fix point along a grid line will change your grid coordinate for that direction by 1.0.

Again one of the observations calculated a distance of 270u instead of 250u from a fixed point along the grid line but may have been the result elevation effecting the coordinates.

From these observations we can begin to test the hypothesis that for every 250u traveled along a grid line, the coordinate for that direction will change by 1.0, and that this measurement represents the smallest practical grid square for mapping planets and moons. A grid square of 250u x 250u.