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EVALUATING CUMULATIVE ASCENT: MOUNTAIN BIKING MEETS MANDELBROT

D. C. RAPAPORT

Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel

https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129183111016257Cited by:0 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The problem of determining total distance ascended during a mountain bike trip is addressed. Altitude measurements are obtained from GPS receivers utilizing both GPS-based and barometric altitude data, with data averaging used to reduce fluctuations. The estimation process is sensitive to the degree of averaging, and is related to the well-known question of determining coastline length. Barometric-based measurements prove more reliable, due to their insensitivity to GPS altitude fluctuations.

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PACS: 91.10.Fc, 05.45.Df

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