Fwd: Bone coordinate measurement

[PWSPARKS@aol.com]

you might try looking at some geological survey programs which measure the
terrain in a similar way you are thinking about measuring the bone(s)

paul

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Date: 95-09-23 06:22:37 EDT

Anyone that can help:

I need to find a cheap and efficient method to measure (x,y,z) coordinates
of large, unwieldy bones (say, sauropod elements). The most parsimonious
amount of points would be best; an offhand guess would be 100 or so
points/bone. Anyone have any tried-and-true methods?

                        John R. Hutchinson
                  Evolving Evolutionary Biologist
                 Department of Integrative Biology
                University of California - Berkeley