Re: Tangent angle and yaw

Where in the code is that coordinate system defined, is it 'statGC'?



Bernhard Wymann wrote:
> 
> see http://berniw.org/torcs/robot/ch1/basic-drive-1.html:
> 
> RtTrackSideTgAngleL(&(car->_trkPos)) gives the angle relative to the 
> fixed global coordinate system and car->_yaw is also relative to this.
> 
> Its like saying "the road is heading east and the car is heading
> south-east.
> 
> Best reagrds
> 
> Bernhard
> 
> On 12/29/2011 09:01 PM, muchacho wrote:
>>
>> I'm having trouble fully understanding these angles. The yaw is the
>> rotation
>> of the z axis, is that rotation measured from the axis at the first
>> segment?
>> For the tangent angle of the track is that measured with respect to the
>> first segment?
> 
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