I was using my SRV to do some surface mining on planets/moons and was wondering looking at the planetary map which is up , down , left and right. The map seems to show position but not orientation , any idea how to find my orientation and my position on the map ? I would like to visit specific places.
How to navigate on a planet with the SRV
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I hope someone has a good answer for this. Typically I just drive and then check the surface map again to see which direction I am moving. It’s annoying, but works.
CMDR Ex
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There's a compass. 0 is N .... you can work the rest out. Also displays lat and lon, you can also work that out. Simples 
When driving in an srv those 2 “scales” on the sides show you your angle, when you’re level it says you’re at 0°. There is something similar above that that goes across. North is 0°, South is 180° And east and west is 90° and 270°.
There's a compass. 0 is N .... you can work the rest out. Also displays lat and lon, you can also work that out. Simples
How ? there is no reference for long and lat and there is no reference for north either , meaning on the planetary map so I fail to see how this is not anything but simple
You seem confused. What are you actually trying to do?
Looking at the planetary map I assume the top is north
When you're looking at the globe map in System View, up is a heading of 0° and right is a heading of 90°.
If you're really curious about planetary navigation then come and say hi in the Planetary Cirumnavigation Club (where a whole bunch of us have driven all the way around an entire planet or moon), or else check out Cmdr Straha Yeager's "Meridian" thread (where he's currently documenting his own circumnavigation and really getting in to the science and history of planetary navigation).
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If you're really curious about planetary navigation then come and say hi in the Planetary Cirumnavigation Club (where a whole bunch of us have driven all the way around an entire planet or moon), or else check out Cmdr Straha Yeager's "Meridian" thread (where he's currently documenting his own circumnavigation and really getting in to the science and history of planetary navigation).
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Yes my confusion was that I was not so familiar with long/lat coordinates , but a google search helped me understand the basics. It was actually a thread like this that got me interested. I am now on a planet with 1000km radius (all numbers are approximations) and I have calculated that I will have to travel 6000kms to go around the planet , which would be 6 hours by ship and 120 hours by SRV. Obviously not a wise choice
C = 2pr => 6280 = 2 *3.14 * 1000
in any case things a much more clear now which it helped to pin point not only where I am but where I am going and how much time it will take me to get there.
I am definitely very curious about planetary navigation because its one part of the game after 2000 hour of game time I just started to explore the last few days so it really open a new door for me which I would love to pass through. Thanks for the thread I will definitely digest thoroughly.
When trying to work out which way to go to change my lat/lon accordingly I always find the following really handy.
That is really handy ! I must .... commit ....to ..... memory
There's a compass. 0 is N .... you can work the rest out. Also displays lat and lon, you can also work that out. Simples
Isn't 0º East? That's what we've been using on my Physics class.
Nope, unless your classroom was blown onto it's side in an earlier lesson.
Well, my best guess is that Physics & Cartography use different standards since I've done 1001 angle transformations & vector sums using the baseline I just mentioned.
Sounds like cobblers to me. If you thought it was the freezing point of water I'd understand, but to offset it by 90 degree's makes no discernable sense at all. It's not even an understandable mistake. It's just wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearing_(navigation)
Edit: Makes note not to invite Flowey on a hiking trip.
Edit: Makes note not to invite Flowey on a hiking trip.
Speak for yourself, this is not something I came up with, this is what the Physics teacher told me a good dozen of times.
Does anybody uses a compass anymore? I could just use GPS.
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Makes note not to to go on a hiking trip with Flowey's physics teacher.
Makes note to not invite Ian Phillips to a math or physics seminary.
*Please note in what direction you start counting angles in mathematics, then compare with one of this.
