Pin-pointing animals on a map based on distance and direction from a car

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05-05-2017 10:13 AM
DanielaDuffett
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Hi everyone!

I am quite new to GIS and have stumbled upon a problem I am having difficulties solving, and hope you can help!

I have an excel database with information on animals viewed from a car, on the left or right hand side of the road. The car would drive up next to an animal and take a measurement of how far the animal was, at a 90º angle from the car. I have the waypoint and GPS location of where the car was when the animal was measured, and the distance to the car the animal was viewed at.

I can’t find a way to convert this information into pinpointing where the animals were on the map! Does anyone have any ideas?

Thank you all so much for your help!

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Robert_LeClair
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Daniela - this thread might be a good start for you.

DanielaDuffett
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Thank you, I'll look into it!

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