Why do different measurements give different lengths for the same coastline?

Updated on tourism 2024-04-25
12 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    This phenomenon is called self-similarity or fractal.

    Benoit Mandelbrot has published an article in Science about how long the British coastline really is. It turned out that the length of the coastline is uncertain! The length of the coastline depends on the scale used to measure it.

    The length of the UK coastline at different measurement scales.

    So, there is a question, we know that China's coastline is 10,000 kilometers long, how did it measure it?

    According to fractal theory, surveying the coastline requires the selection of a measurement scale. Secondly, the coastline is the boundary between the sea and the land, and the length of the coastline changes with the change of sea level (rise or fall). This should be easy to understand.

    Therefore, to measure the length of the coastline, it is also necessary to determine a datum of the sea surface.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The main reason for this is that the thinking is affected by the natural environment and the way of measurement, and the impact in this regard is relatively large, so this situation occurs.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Because coastlines are true and the earth changes every day, it will be different.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    The main reason why different lengths of the same coastline will be measured differently is that this Hanshin itself will have different angles, so there will be this.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    There is a difference in the coastline for different measurements, and the length is also different, in fact, there is a little length.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    For the same coastline, different measurement rules are different, length. How much will there be some deviation? I don't think it's 100 percent bad at all, and he allows deviations.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    The coastline paradox is a source of great frustration for cartographers and researchers, who cannot accurately determine the size of the coastline. Because of this, criteria for estimating the size of these coastlines have been established.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    Because there is a certain error in such a measurement, if there is an error range, it can be understood.

    Sometimes the difference in the post-measurement tool can also affect the measurement result.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    It is normal for different measurements to arrive at different lengths for the same coastline.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Why do different vehicles get different lengths for the same route? Because this uh control point may be different.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Different measurements will give different lengths for the same coastline, most notably because they have a certain error.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    Oh, no picture, let's take a look at the space passenger buckle space.

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