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Hello Antelope users -<br>
<br>
I have a dataset from a station that was NOT placed perfectly level -
e.g. the sensor was placed on a ledge that had a little bit of tilt,
such that Z is not perfectly up/down, and N + E have some down or
upward component in the data. I'm now trying to build a database from
that data, but have yet to find a good definition of vang in the
dbbatch file (for axis). This is, of course, something that the
original programmers would have defined in the source code, assuming
antelope does something with that "axis" component (as opposed to it
being merely a comment).<br>
<br>
Having thought about this a while, I can think of only one good,
logical way to define vang, although, I'm probably missing something,
and would like to verify that this is correct. <br>
<br>
Here's an example from some documentation:<br>
axis <name> <hang> <vang> ? ? <br>
axis Z 0 180 - 1 1<br>
axis N 0 90 - 2 1<br>
axis E 90 90 - 3 1<br>
<br>
hang (horizontal angle) has a well-defined, inherent, orientation (N =
0, E = 90,
S = 180, W = 270) and an normal viewpoint (map/above view, with N up, E
right, etc). Ok, easy, no problem.<br>
<br>
vang (vertical angle), however, has no inherent orientation, although
we can infer
the following things from the above example, assuming we are dealing
with the earthquake seismology definition (e.g. +Z is up, NOT down like
in
the oilfield): Up = 180, Down = 0. Of course, there is no "normal"
viewpoint when it comes to cross-sectional views, and trying to define
one is bound to confuse and contradict, therefore, the direction of the
vang vector *must* be relative to the hang vector
AND that <vang> vector corresponds to apparent tilt along that
vector (not absolute/maximum tilt for the whole instrument in
whatever direction that happens to be). <br>
<br>
Therefore, I *think* the only possible way to define it would be that
<vang> must be 0-> 180 and that the vector points in the same
direction of the <hang> vector, and it doesn't matter whether 90
degrees is to the "right" or to the "left" since that totally depends
on the perspective. Hence, it follows that:<br>
<br>
axis S 180 90 (not, and never 270)<br>
axis W 180 90<br>
<br>
axis N+ a little up 0 110<br>
axis E + a little down 90 75<br>
<br>
Can anyone tell me if this reasoning is correct, and if not, point me
to some documentation with a clear definition? <br>
<br>
Thanks for your time!<br>
Valerie Zimmer <br>
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