Mars Hotspot

[Jinnai]

nm

Edited September 4, 2010 by Jinnai

[Magicalbricks]

Thanks guys; your efforts are appreciated!

[Earth Shaker]

Thank you guys.

[Sir Glen]

Awesome. Thank you guys so much, I really appreciate it.

[Sanru]

[s]be this still the correct hotspot? showing at 50% for me..[/s]

i guess looking at the moon hotspot would help...

Edited September 19, 2010 by Wappas

[Sande]

lon=86
lat=26
79%

[Cerridwyn]

Location: 17.97873, 90.00000 77%

[Shardoon]

Location: 26.00000, 86.00000 = 57%

[Sir Glen]

Location: 28.13013, 85.83618 = 80%

[PorkPotPie]

54.16243, 108.28125 = 90%

[Minoru Yamasaki]

Location: 82.00000, 130.00000 = 71%

[Jeebus]

41, 116 (100%)

[Cerridwyn]

Confirmed

Latitude 41
Longitude 116

Thank you!

[PrinceArutha]

this is awesome

Edited October 10, 2010 by PrinceArutha

[Twigz]

41, 116, 50% (October's hotspot)
-12, -19, 67%

[Neuromancer7]

I relocated my three mars thingies...

Data points for November are(Data listed in the order it's displayed):
67% -> -25.79989, -6.32813
60% -> -65.65827, 40.78125
50% -> -27.99440, 169.80469

It's rather doubtful that I'll bother doing the math... But there's the data if someone wants to run the number for Novembers hotspot.

[Willem]

-13.5, -18.5 = 68%
-100, 18.5 = 70%
-100, -60 = 79%

[Twigz]

-57 -11 75%
-57 -52 89%

EDIT:
I wrote a java program so that anyone can calculate it.

[code]// USEAGE: java HotspotCalc LAT1 LON1 EFF1 LAT2 LON2 EFF2, etc

public class HotspotCalc {
public static final int nPointsMax = 99;

public static void main(String[] args) {
double[] lon = new double[nPointsMax];
double[] lat = new double[nPointsMax];
double[] eff = new double[nPointsMax];

double bestFit;
double bestFitLat;
double bestFitLong;
double thisFit;
double temp;

bestFit = 99999999;
bestFitLat = 0;
bestFitLong = 0;

int nPoints = args.length / 3;

int ii; int jj; int kk;

//Load the points from command line
for (ii = 0; ii < nPoints * 3; ii += 3) {
lon[ii/3] = Double.parseDouble(args[ii]);
lat[ii/3] = Double.parseDouble(args[ii+1]);
eff[ii/3] = Double.parseDouble(args[ii+2]);
System.out.println ("Point: ("+lon[ii/3]+","+lat[ii/3]+"), "+eff[ii/3]+"%");
}

//Scan through lat, long
for (ii = -90; ii <= 90; ii++ ) {
for (jj = -180; jj <= 180; jj++) {
thisFit = 0;
//Scan through poitns
for (kk = 0; kk < nPoints; kk++) {
//TEMP = sqrt(100 - 125*d(p,x)) -eff)
temp = 100.0 - 125.0*Math.acos(Math.sin(lat[kk]*Math.PI/180.0)*Math.sin(ii*Math.PI/180.0) + Math.cos(lat[kk]*Math.PI/180.0)*Math.cos(ii*Math.PI/180.0)*Math.cos(Math.PI*(lon[kk]-jj)/180.0))/Math.PI -eff[kk];
thisFit += temp * temp;
}
//If this fits the data better than the current best fit, store the lat, long
if (thisFit < bestFit) {
bestFit = thisFit;
bestFitLat = ii;
bestFitLong = jj;
}
}
}

System.out.println ("Best lat: "+bestFitLat);
System.out.println ("Best lon: "+bestFitLong);
System.out.println ("Fit Quality (closest to zero is better): "+(bestFit/nPoints) + " (" +(bestFit)+")");

}

}[/code]

According to it, the best Lat, Long is -31, -72.

Note:
Only include points with eff > 50%!

Edited November 3, 2010 by Twigz

[BLTow]

[quote name='Twigz' timestamp='1288779066' post='2500767']
According to it, the best Lat, Long is -31, -72.

Note:
Only include points with eff > 50%!
[/quote]
Those coordinates gave 89%

[Haart]

-64, -85 = 81 %

[Minoru Yamasaki]

Location: -64.00000, -57.00000 = 84%

[bagpuss]

Location -37, -77 is 90%

[dealmaster13]

Base Effectiveness: 98%
Location: -42.00000, -62.00000

Mine Effectiveness: 98%
Location: -44.00000, -62.00000

Colony Effectiveness: 99%
Location: -43.00000, -60.00000

Good luck on 100% hehe

[Daedalus27]

[quote name='dealmaster13' timestamp='1288904105' post='2502126']
Base Effectiveness: 98%
Location: -42.00000, -62.00000

Mine Effectiveness: 98%
Location: -44.00000, -62.00000

Colony Effectiveness: 99%
Location: -43.00000, -60.00000

Good luck on 100% hehe
[/quote]

-43.00000, -61.00000 = 99% effectiveness

[Jeebus]

-42, -60 for 100%

T.