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Hot air balloon rides have become a popular celebration treat. But do they really just drift with the wind? Investigate the meticulous planning needed for round-the-world flights. Learn how journeys are monitored and measured, and discover how pilots merge mathematics and geography while high above the ground. This material forms part of the course MU120 Open mathematics.

12/04/2010

Showing the way they went

A short introduction to this album.

1 min
12/04/2010

Transcript -- Showing the way they went

A short introduction to this album.
19/05/2009

A hot air balloon journey

An insight into the planning that goes into a hot air balloon journey and also how maps can be produced through filming from a hot air balloon.

7 min
19/05/2009

Transcript -- A hot air balloon journey

An insight into the planning that goes into a hot air balloon journey and also how maps can be produced through filming from a hot air balloon.
19/05/2009

Spherical geometry

This track shows us how a hot air balloon is produced and how the application of spherical geometry is imperative when planning a round the world flight, and what programmes and software packages are used to make these calculations.

11 min
19/05/2009

Transcript -- Spherical geometry

This track shows us how a hot air balloon is produced and how the application of spherical geometry is imperative when planning a round the world flight, and what programmes and software packages are used to make these calculations.
19/05/2009

Looking for Theta

Through a complex example, we learn how journeys are measured when the points are not on the equator and how this is calculated using Theta.

10 min
19/05/2009

Transcript -- Looking for Theta

Through a complex example, we learn how journeys are measured when the points are not on the equator and how this is calculated using Theta.
19/05/2009

Great-circle distance

Great-circle distances might be the shortest way to travel, but they are not always the easiest. We also look at how lines of latitude aren't great-circles and that permission must be acquired to fly over many countries.

4 min
19/05/2009

Transcript -- Great-circle distance

Great-circle distances might be the shortest way to travel, but they are not always the easiest. We also look at how lines of latitude aren't great-circles and that permission must be acquired to fly over many countries.

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Hot air balloon rides have become a popular celebration treat. But do they really just drift with the wind? Investigate the meticulous planning needed for round-the-world flights. Learn how journeys are monitored and measured, and discover how pilots merge mathematics and geography while high above the ground. This material forms part of the course MU120 Open mathematics.

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Showing the way they went - for iPad/Mac/PC

Showing the way they went - for iPad/Mac/PC

Episodes

Showing the way they went

Transcript -- Showing the way they went

A hot air balloon journey

Transcript -- A hot air balloon journey

Spherical geometry

Transcript -- Spherical geometry

Looking for Theta

Transcript -- Looking for Theta

Great-circle distance

Transcript -- Great-circle distance

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