Mars Hotspot

[Lysistrata]

Thank you so much

[Oloros]

Thank you.

[Wiggles]

May 2019

Location: -51.00000, -79.00000 gives Effectiveness: 99%

lat=-50.99999&lon=-79 also gives 99%

Edited May 2, 2019 by Wiggles

[Rakul]

May 2019

 

URL segment:

&lat=-50.99999999&lon=-78

 

gives 100%

 

Thanks, Wiggles.

[Makalaure]

" You have received an error trying to view a page. Here is the detailed error code: You selected an invalid map position. "

 

 

???????

[im317]

is it even worth moving this month? April's location gives 96%.

On 5/4/2019 at 3:20 PM, Makalaure said:

" You have received an error trying to view a page. Here is the detailed error code: You selected an invalid map position. "

 

 

???????

you probably entered the url incorrectly.

 

the key par is

 

&lat=-48.26031088767209&lon=-72.439453125&VALUE=C019B98F20

 

you need to replace the text starting with &lat all the way until the last number before the &VALUE with &lat=-50.99999999&lon=-78

 

it would look like this &lat=-50.99999999&lon=-78&VALUE=C019B98F20

[Luna]

Hello everyone, it's Luna (formerly known as Chintan).  It's been just over a year and a half since I updated the Moon & Mars Hotspot Finder, and while the previous version seems to be working great, I think it's time for an update since we've had 19 new data points since then. 

 

So here's the new version (it's the exact same link as before):

Moon & Mars Hotspot Finder

 

To use it make a copy ( File -> Make a copy ...), then enter your test spots and give it a few seconds to calculate.

Please do this even if you have an older version, because your old copy won't automatically update.

 

Let me know if you find any problems with the spreadsheet, or have any questions or comments.

 

The moon hotspot affects the mars hotspot a LOT, and vice versa.  In fact, if one hotspot is found, the number of possibilities for the other one is reduced to 4 maximum (often fewer), and because of the skewed probability distribution, you can usually find the hotspot in 1 try.  So definitely check out the other thread.  Most people don't realize that the other celestial body affects them.

 

Updates:

• List of Previously Observed hotspots updated - This is perhaps the biggest change.  If you've used this tool before you may have noticed that the hotspots observed in previous months have a much higher probability.  Hotspots tend to repeat, so if something was seen in a previous month, the hotspot is more likely to appear there again.  There have been 12 newly observed locations in the 19 months since the last update, and all of these have been added to the spreadsheet.  This means if one of those 12 locations turns out to be the hotspot again in the future (which will almost certainly happen at some point) you can nail it in fewer tries.
• Elimination of 30 possible locations, reducing the list from 1282 to 1252 possible locations - This isn't as big a deal as you might think, because those 30 locations all had low probabilities anyway.  But it's still nice to see the list get shorter and shorter.  And it's a one way change.  Once possible locations are gone, they are gone forever and the list can only shrink, never grow.  Maybe one day we can get down to the minimum of 1056 possible locations.  May 2019 might have been an annoying month because the location with 90.5% odds only gave 99%, and the actual hotspot was the one with 9.5% odds.  But the good thing is, those low odds locations are the ones that eliminate possible hotspots.  Since they are on the fringes of the probability distribution, they provider stronger data than the boring, routine ones in the middle of the distribution.  The last time locations were eliminated was a whopping 26 months ago, back in March 2017, so it is a rare occurrence.
• Update of probability distribution based on newest data - I calculate the probabilities using a Bayesian model, and adding new data updates the distribution.  Having more data narrows the distribution, but you're unlikely to notice the difference.  We have 117 months worth of data now, and I updated the probability distribution based on all that data.

[Wiggles]

Luna / Chintan !

 

Thank you!

You are the Best Hot Spot Finder!

Ever!

[Snow Dan]

On 5/7/2019 at 2:40 AM, im317 said:

is it even worth moving this month? April's location gives 96%.

I think so, just enough.

 

I'm about to settle 20 days of bills and taxes, but first I moved all three wonders to the new hotspot.

The moves cost me a total of $4,393,215.99 and improved my forecast by about $3,024,108.

I know that looks like a loss, but I'll get another 20-day collection out of this month, so it should all add up to profiting from the move.

[Wilcroft]

June 2019:

Mars Lat	Mars Lon	Probability
-84.00000002	-150	100.00000%

 

url chunk: &lat=-84.00000002&lon=-150

[Rakul]

Confirmed 100%

 

Danke!

 

 

[Oloros]

Thank you!

[Wilcroft]

July 2019:

Mars Lat	Mars Lon	Probability
7.99999999	46	100.00000%

URL Slug: &lat=7.99999999&lon=46
 

 

[Rakul]

Confirmed 100%.

 

Thanks, Wilcroft!

 

[Lysistrata]

Thanks again!

[Oloros]

Thanks, belatedly!

[Rakul]

AUGUST 2019 HOTSPOT:

Mars Lat	Mars Lon	Probability
20	71	100.00000%

 

URL Segment: &lat=20&lon=71

 

Edited August 1, 2019 by Rakul
Table disappeared.

[Lysistrata]

Thanks again

[Rokula]

Thank You!

[ccabal86]

Thanks!

[Oloros]

Thank you!

[Wilcroft]

September 2019

Mars Lat	Mars Lon	Probability
48.00000001	132	100.00000%

 

URL slug: &lat=48.00000001&lon=132

[im317]

confirmed. thanks

[Lysistrata]

Thank You

[Oloros]

Thanks!