+out12 Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 I have been working on some puzzles that require finding distances and doing projections and have been using Fizzy Calc. I have used this program before and always had no problem, but lately the results I am getting are way off. Just putting the points on a map I can see something isn't right. I have another program that does some of the same things but isn't as simple to use and am getting completely different results. Since Fizzy doesn't actually install I can't try reinstalling. I have deleted the program and downloaded it again but I still get the same thing. Anyone have any ideas? Quote
jholly Posted March 25, 2010 Posted March 25, 2010 I have been working on some puzzles that require finding distances and doing projections and have been using Fizzy Calc. I have used this program before and always had no problem, but lately the results I am getting are way off. Just putting the points on a map I can see something isn't right. I have another program that does some of the same things but isn't as simple to use and am getting completely different results. Since Fizzy doesn't actually install I can't try reinstalling. I have deleted the program and downloaded it again but I still get the same thing. Anyone have any ideas? If it were I, I would send and email to Fizzymagic explaining what I think the problem is and see what he has to say. Quote
+Timpat Posted March 26, 2010 Posted March 26, 2010 Anyone have any ideas? I use FizzyCalc a lot and see no issues. Just a thought, if you are doing projections over long distances, are you selecting the appropriate method between High Accuracy, Great Circle, or Rhumb Line? Quote
+Cardinal Red Posted March 26, 2010 Posted March 26, 2010 I have been working on some puzzles that require finding distances and doing projections and have been using Fizzy Calc. I have used this program before and always had no problem, but lately the results I am getting are way off. Just putting the points on a map I can see something isn't right. I have another program that does some of the same things but isn't as simple to use and am getting completely different results. Since Fizzy doesn't actually install I can't try reinstalling. I have deleted the program and downloaded it again but I still get the same thing. Anyone have any ideas? My experience is that FizzyCalc results have always been rock solid reliable. Can you provide some example data you think isn't calculating correctly. Quote
+out12 Posted March 26, 2010 Author Posted March 26, 2010 OK, I have found what was causing this. At some point I had copy and pasted coordinates in the hdd.ddddd format. When I went to make a change I inadvertently left the decimal after the degrees and then put the decimal minutes after it. Guess my eyes aren't so good as I didn't notice it. For whatever reason that caused things to be off. I too have always found this program to be solid and couldn't understand what was going on. Quote
+fizzymagic Posted March 26, 2010 Posted March 26, 2010 Whew. BTW I am still fine-tuning the program. But I am glad there was nothing seriously wrong! Quote
+out12 Posted March 28, 2010 Author Posted March 28, 2010 Whew. BTW I am still fine-tuning the program. But I am glad there was nothing seriously wrong! I'm glad too, I love this program and use it all the time. Still not sure why it affected it like it did though. Quote
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