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Challenge #77: Extending Spatial Lines

JosephSerpis
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Challenge Completed

AndyBate
8 - Asteroid

Brilliant Challenge. Really thought provoking. (@jamielaird you were right i really found a love hate relationship with this one!)

Hopefully I've got it right :)

jamielaird
14 - Magnetar

Nice work @AndyBate!

CHarrison
8 - Asteroid

What a challenge :') 

daniel_ferreira
8 - Asteroid

Follow my solution app attached...

StevenBetts
8 - Asteroid

Had to take a break from this and come back to it. Puzzled me for a little bit. But I do love me a spatial challenge!

 

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Challenge 77.jpg
dsmdavid
11 - Bolide

Quite fun.

Spoiler

Workflow   77(1).png

Start   Starting linesStarting lines

Finding the end points  End points of Starting LinesEnd points of Starting Lines

Around the end points   Trade area around end pointsTrade area around end points

Finding the new end points  New end pointsNew end points



kat
12 - Quasar
Spoiler
So I might've simplified this one a bit too much and just used basic trigonometry. Did not think of using trade area!
Challenge #77 macro.PNGChallenge #77.PNG
danilang
19 - Altair
19 - Altair

Spatial tools are some easier than boring old math...even though the results are not quite as accurate.

 

Results.png

 

Spoiler
Trade area around an end point, split and find the point farthest away from the other end point of the original line.  Lather, Rinse and repeat

Solution 77.png

Dan

JoBen
11 - Bolide

Cheers!