Matlab location function
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From: AMK on 12 Mar 2010 08:40 Hello, Does anyone know if Matlab has a built in location function? Something that would print current geographic coordinates to the screen. Sort of like the clock function, but with space? Thanks
From: Walter Roberson on 12 Mar 2010 19:52 AMK wrote: > Does anyone know if Matlab has a built in location function? Something that would print current geographic coordinates to the screen. Sort of like the clock function, but with space? No, it does not. It would need to be connected to a GPS (or equivalent) for that to work, and different GPS manufacturers (and models) store GPS information in different forms.
From: AMK on 12 Mar 2010 10:32 Thanks. I'll keep poking around. It seems like Matlab could snoop around a little and if it has online access, could generate a point location of the local machine based on IP address or something. Sort of like how G**gle knows where searches are coming from?
From: Walter Roberson on 12 Mar 2010 23:04
AMK wrote: > It seems like Matlab could snoop around a little and if it has online access, could generate a point location of the local machine based on IP address or something. Sort of like how G**gle knows where searches are coming from? geolocation by IP is very unreliable. For example, some of the people I work with have two computers at their desk, with a KVM switch to toggle between them, with one of the computers having an IP address that would show up in the registration records at our actual office location, and the other computer would show up as if it was at our headquarters over 1000 miles away. What does "location" *mean* if I am running matlab on a server at work and displaying to my system at home? |