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Best Amount of Overlap in Scanning?
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Free Bullets
Xof Shipping and Indy
#1 - 2012-01-13 22:51:35 UTC
What's the ideal percent of overlap for scanner probes?
RubyPorto
RubysRhymes
#2 - 2012-01-13 23:40:02 UTC
Depends.

Google and you'll find some nice youtubs videos, and other assorted guides.

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Flurk Hellbron
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-01-14 15:03:58 UTC
100%
Maeste Madeveda
The Spawning Pool
#4 - 2012-01-14 16:59:32 UTC
From a mathematical standpoint, there is no way to know without knowing the triangulation formula that gives you the percentage of the signal.

From a practical standpoint, I recommend the 7 probes setup with an overlap of 2/3 of the maximum diameter. The reason behind that it leaves a small "cube" of 1/3 of the diameter inside the central probe, and that is a thing of beauty.
Brewlar Kuvakei
Adeptio Gloriae
#5 - 2012-01-15 02:33:59 UTC
Probe strength is highest at 50% of its range

IE. Scanning at 2 au range means you should position your probes 1 au round target.
Scanning at 8au your probes are strongest at 4 AU range.
Tsadkiel
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-01-16 20:08:24 UTC
that is a good rule of thumb.

i generally use a 6 probe setup arranged as a regular octahedron. to do this simply place the probes at the edges of a sphere equal to the scanning radius of the probes. (launch all probes form the same location and pull them out from the center one at a time until you get the right arrangement)

another note, you don't need 6 probes. mathematically, the limit is 4 probes for a single fix in three dimensions, but by using six, you reduce the chances of losing the signal when you move the group (so if you get a hit from ABCD and you move the probes you could instead get a hit from BCDE instead)

that's what i do at least...