A receiver in the car takes regular readings from at least three navigational satellites orbiting the earth and a computer plots the car's position using triangulation.
From computer plots of γ(r), approximate expressions for γ are developed and applied to the calculation of modal frequencies of steel cord conveyor belts.
In the next room, Alice sat at a computer plotting some preliminary data under the tutelage of Sidarta Ribeiro, a Brazilian graduate student.
"What we're developing right now," Mr. Italiano said, "is a fully automated, hot-and-cold pizza delivery system where you order your pizza on the Internet, it goes out to the guy in the truck, where the computer plots the fastest route to your house, and a satellite tracking system lets the boss know where he is at all times, just in case he gets lost.
It was a beautiful thing to watch, the two of them huddled at my computer plotting a future.
Typically, such an effect would require a battery of lights and precise computer plotting, but when you begin your performances at 7 30 in the summertime outdoors, Mother Nature provides it for free.
Later, Chester will add the day's observations to his computer plots, enter GPS points on his species distribution maps, and send estimates of the size of the bloom to his fellow botanizers for their review.
On-site digital cameras transmit images by e-mail to their offices, Web sites give a blow-by-blow display of construction progress and computers plot the logistics of moving workers and materials into and off the site.
Computers plot out the most effective cuts for the automated saws to perform, as each carcass is gracefully routed by overhead conveyor to its correct location in the plant.
