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| For example, you may have created an empty environment that is 200x200 units long and wide, or based your environment off a photograph that was 1200x1900 pixels across. | For example, you may have created an empty environment that is 200x200 units long and wide, or based your environment off a photograph that was 1200x1900 pixels across. | ||
| - | But these values don't translate into anything //real world// - often the drawings or images you base your environment on aren't aligned with north, so there's no obvious way of converting ARDI positions to real-world ones. | + | But these values don't translate into anything //real world// - often the drawings or images you base your environment on aren't aligned with north, and 1 unit of ARDI distance could be a millimetre or a kilometre - there's no obvious way of converting ARDI positions to real-world ones. |
| **Coordinate mapping** gives ARDI the infromation it needs to convert its own internal positional data to real-world measurements. | **Coordinate mapping** gives ARDI the infromation it needs to convert its own internal positional data to real-world measurements. | ||
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| There are a few steps to configuring your 'mapping' between the three different coordinate systems. | There are a few steps to configuring your 'mapping' between the three different coordinate systems. | ||
| - | As well as your existing web session, we suggest.... | + | As well as your existing web session, we suggest.. |
| - | a) Opening the ARDI map of the location. | + | |
| + | a) Opening the ARDI map of the location, and | ||
| b) Opening a Google Maps map of the location. | b) Opening a Google Maps map of the location. | ||
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| + | ===The Process=== | ||
| 1) Go to your environment asset and choose **Placement & 3D | Update 3D Environment** and choose **Coordinate Mapping** | 1) Go to your environment asset and choose **Placement & 3D | Update 3D Environment** and choose **Coordinate Mapping** | ||