Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Motion Maps

Motion maps are yet another way of showing an object's motion. The image below displays a motion map:
(via https://salttheoats.wordpress.com/category/motion-maps/)

The labels show what the different elements of a motion map are.  The x represents a reference point and the thick black line shooting from the x shows the position.  The white circles represent the object's position in relation to the vector.  The arrows coming from the white circles are the object's velocities at that position and time.  Each white circle and arrow is documented by a time interval (usually seconds).  In class, we created motion maps and graphs based off of data given that was displayed in other types of graphs or a written description.  Were there certain graphs that didn't provide enough data to create the others?


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