Published On Sep 27, 2024
There's a local legend that sailors landing on Chesil Beach in fog, or at night, would be able to pick up a handful of gravel from the beach and accurately estimate their position on this 30 kilometre-long beach. In part 1, we captured the data; this time, we'll test the legend!
Links pertaining to video:
Part 1 of this project: • Chesil Beach Pebble Survey Part 1 - S...
XKCD 'What if everyone jumped?': https://what-if.xkcd.com/8/ • What if everyone jumped at once?
Spreadsheet containing the survey data: https://1drv.ms/x/s!Ar4eOUAx-yGwidlJc...
The spreadsheet data only (not the published videos) is licenced under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:10 Data and method
3:02 Charts
7:23 Interim conclusion
7:47 Testing the theory
14:36 My guesses
17:44 Results
18:54 Accuracy
19:35 Stealing rocks
20:08 Putting it right
26:52 What if everyone did it?
35:08 Actual conclusion