{
  "id": 347342,
  "title": "How to identify the trakus index that is the points of entering/exiting the curve part of the track?",
  "url": "/competitions/big-data-derby-2022/discussion/347342",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2022-08-23T23:17:37.824974400Z",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 2,
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  "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>does anyone know how to identify the trakus index that are the points of entering/exiting the curve part of the track? It is very easy to see from the animation, but is there a systematic way to find that point based on the current data for each track? </p>\n<p>Best<br>\nXu</p>",
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    {
      "id": "1911055",
      "postDate": "08/23/2022 23:17:37",
      "content": "<p>Hi everyone,</p>\n<p>does anyone know how to identify the trakus index that are the points of entering/exiting the curve part of the track? It is very easy to see from the animation, but is there a systematic way to find that point based on the current data for each track? </p>\n<p>Best<br>\nXu</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi everyone,\n\ndoes anyone know how to identify the trakus index that are the points of entering/exiting the curve part of the track? It is very easy to see from the animation, but is there a systematic way to find that point based on the current data for each track? \n\nBest\nXu",
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    },
    {
      "id": "1911848",
      "postDate": "08/24/2022 10:56:46",
      "content": "<p>You can get the latitude and longitude of different locations on the tracks using google maps and then use those coordinates to calculate when you are in the corner.   This notebook shows you how to calculate when they cross the finish line <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/mlconsult/get-finish-postion-by-horse-coordinate\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/mlconsult/get-finish-postion-by-horse-coordinate</a>.</p>\n<p>Here is a link to google maps showing Saratoga raceway.  Double Click on the map to see the coordinates.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0711497,-73.7683704,736m/data=!3m1!1e3\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0711497,-73.7683704,736m/data=!3m1!1e3</a></p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You can get the latitude and longitude of different locations on the tracks using google maps and then use those coordinates to calculate when you are in the corner.   This notebook shows you how to calculate when they cross the finish line https://www.kaggle.com/code/mlconsult/get-finish-postion-by-horse-coordinate.\n\nHere is a link to google maps showing Saratoga raceway.  Double Click on the map to see the coordinates.\n\nhttps://www.google.com/maps/@43.0711497,-73.7683704,736m/data=!3m1!1e3",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "1911970",
      "postDate": "08/24/2022 12:18:26",
      "content": "<p>Thanks. These are very helpful.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Thanks. These are very helpful.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 1911848,
      "author_name": "mlconsult",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "08/24/2022 10:56:46",
      "content": "<p>You can get the latitude and longitude of different locations on the tracks using google maps and then use those coordinates to calculate when you are in the corner.   This notebook shows you how to calculate when they cross the finish line <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/code/mlconsult/get-finish-postion-by-horse-coordinate\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/code/mlconsult/get-finish-postion-by-horse-coordinate</a>.</p>\n<p>Here is a link to google maps showing Saratoga raceway.  Double Click on the map to see the coordinates.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0711497,-73.7683704,736m/data=!3m1!1e3\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0711497,-73.7683704,736m/data=!3m1!1e3</a></p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 1911970,
          "author_name": "xwang222",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "08/24/2022 12:18:26",
          "content": "<p>Thanks. These are very helpful.</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "1911055": "Hi everyone,\n\ndoes anyone know how to identify the trakus index that are the points of entering/exiting the curve part of the track? It is very easy to see from the animation, but is there a systematic way to find that point based on the current data for each track? \n\nBest\nXu",
    "1911848": "You can get the latitude and longitude of different locations on the tracks using google maps and then use those coordinates to calculate when you are in the corner.   This notebook shows you how to calculate when they cross the finish line https://www.kaggle.com/code/mlconsult/get-finish-postion-by-horse-coordinate.\n\nHere is a link to google maps showing Saratoga raceway.  Double Click on the map to see the coordinates.\n\nhttps://www.google.com/maps/@43.0711497,-73.7683704,736m/data=!3m1!1e3",
    "1911970": "Thanks. These are very helpful."
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