# horizon.plot 19 September 2002 # # Illustrates the problem of determining the distance from an observer # of a given height to the horizon. # file horizon.ps space 0.0 0.0 100.0 100.0 page line_thick 3 line_rgb 0.0 0.0 1.0 arc 50.0 30.0 40.0 10.0 120.0 point 50.0 30.0 point 50.0 70.0 point 50.0 80.0 point 74.0 62.0 line_rgb 1.0 0.0 0.0 moveto 50.0 30.0 drawto 50.0 80.0 drawto 74.0 62.0 drawto 50.0 30.0 font_size 0.25 moveto 40.0 60.0 label Side C moveto 65.0 70.0 label Side A moveto 65.0 46.0 label Side B font_size 0.50 moveto 17.0 10.0 label The horizon problem endpage endfile