FWIW: You can put the distance measurement commands in either the morpheus data file or a separate file that you can import, e.g.,
open mydata.mdt import mydistances.mdt The distance file (or lines in the data file) would look something like: DIST "width" 1 3 DIST "breadth" 5 23 DIST "" 2 8 DIST "" 4 17 Then use the export command to save the data as a matrix (probably with labeling turned on). The distances would be a column in the output file. Other measurements include: ANGL "important angle" 1 4 5 AREA "area of curve" 3 PERI "perimeter of curve" 1 ARCL "arc length of open curve" 2 The numbers are the primary points or curves relevant to the computation. I believe the angle in the above example is the angle at primary point 4 formed by 1-4-5. -dslice morphmet wrote: > Hi Natalie, if you import your *.tps data into morpheus et al software > and then just enter: DIST "some name of the distance" and x, y (i.e. the > landmarks between which you want to measure the distance) before the > coordinate data, and export a matrix file, then you get your distances > in spread sheet format... > > Best > markus > > ________________________________________ > > Markus Bastir > > Department of Paleobiology > > Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC) > > C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2 > > 28006 Madrid, Spain > > > > Tel: 34 91 411 13 28 / 1230 > > Fax: 34 91 564 50 78 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > skype: mbastir > > > -----Mensaje original----- > De: morphmet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Enviado el: jueves, 15 de febrero de 2007 20:21 > Para: morphmet > Asunto: Re: getting distances between a pair of landmarks > > I noticed an error on my previous message. I didn't mean tpsUtil but > tpsDig. The idea is not to do all the measuring manually (as it is > possible using tpsDig), but take advantage of the already digitalized > landmarks. > > > Nathalia Hernández > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: morphmet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: morphmet <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 3:28:41 PM > Subject: getting distances between a pair of landmarks > > Hi everyone! > > I am interested in obtaining the measure of a linear distance between > two landmarks which are part of the overall landmark scheme I use. I > know tpsUtil and other software can be used to make linear measurements, > but since I'm interested in the distance between two of the already > digitalized landmarks, any option to take advantage of this fact would > be very useful and time-saving. > So, is there any program that can generate an output file containing the > distance between two given landmarks? Or anyone has a practical idea on > how to do this? > > > Nathalia Hernández > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > ________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight > and hotel bargains. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097 > -- Replies will be sent to the list. For more information visit http://www.morphometrics.org
