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On Sunday, 2 October 2016, Matt Caruana <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm new to this group and have a question about semilandmark placement in > geomorph that I hope someone might be able to provide a bit insight on. I > understand the basic concept of 'automating' semilandmark placement through > the buildtemplate and digitsurface functions. However, after I construct a > template for semilandmark placement (buildtemplate) and then use the > digitsurface function to apply semilandmakrs on other specimens, they > either clump together or are dispersed into space, i.e. not making contact > with scan mesh surfaces. > > My PLY files are of Acheulean Handaxes, and are 'centered' at (0, 0, 0,) > before-hand. They vary in size of course, but not dramatically. > > My instinct is that the landmarks I place to outline my specimens are not > 'homologous'? There are no designated (or agreed upon) landmark features on > handaxes aside from maximal tip and base points. However, 2 landmarks > doesn't seem to be enough points to disperse semilandmarks across scan > surfaces. > > Any insight would be a great help! > > -- > MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MORPHMET" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:;>. > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Emma Sherratt, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher in the Keogh Lab <http://biology-assets.anu.edu.au/hosted_sites/Scott/> Division of Evolution, Ecology & Genetics Research School of Biology 116 Daley Road The Australian National University Acton, ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA email: [email protected] office tel: +61 2612 53029 mob: +61 4234 19966 Twitter: @DrEmSherratt <https://twitter.com/DrEmSherratt> co-author of geomorph R package: Software website <http://geomorphr.github.io/geomorph/> | CRAN website <https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/geomorph/> | googlegroups <https://groups.google.com/d/forum/geomorph-r-package> Caecilians are legless amphibians... * __ (\ .-. .-. /_") \\_//^\\_//^\\_// `"` `"` `"`* learn more about them here: www.emmasherratt.com/caecilians -- MORPHMET may be accessed via its webpage at http://www.morphometrics.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MORPHMET" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected].
