positioning maths

Marc Battyani wrote: Hmm,

Sounds similar to the math used to calculate specular reflections from a flat surface in 3D. Check an advanced graphics text, that should get you close. It's fairly complex matrix math though.

DLC

: I have 3 light sources on the ceiling that form an equilateral triangle. : I'm on the floor looking at them with some kind of high res device so I have : rather accurate x-y (angles) coordinates for these 3 points (0.01? rms). From : this, I want to precisely compute my position and my orientation.

: Does anybody knows where I can find some usable formula or a way to solve : this. Before I spend the night doing the math's ;-)

: Thanks

: Marc

: BTW I'm still looking for people to contribute to: : cl-typesetting

See also Law of Cosines.

Given these, you can solve all triangulation problems.