2024 Roman Road formation
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Reconstruction of the 2024 Roman Road formation | ||
| 1. |
| Draw a circle. Draw the horizontal and vertical centerlines. |
| 2. |
| Construct the inscribed heptagon (regular 7-sided polygon) of circle 1, pointing up. |
| 3. |
| Construct the inscribed circle of heptagon 2. |
| 4. |
| Construct the inscribed heptagon of circle 3, pointing down. |
| 5. |
| Draw the outer set of diagonals of heptagon 2. |
| 6. |
| Construct the inscribed circle of the heptagon enclosed by diagonals 5. |
| 7. |
| Construct the inscribed heptagon of circle 6, pointing up. |
| 8. |
| Construct the "two-points" circle (defined by the two end-points of a centerline) between the outer lefthand and righthand angular points of heptagon 7. |
| 9. |
| Copy circle 8 to the center of circle 1. |
| 10. |
| Construct the inscribed heptagon of circle 9, pointing up. |
| 11. |
| Draw the inner set of diagonals of heptagon 10. |
| 12. |
| Draw two lines, from the lower angular point of heptagon 4, to the upper lefthand and righthand angular points of heptagon 10. |
| 13. |
| Repeat step 12 six times, with respect to the other angular points of heptagon 4 and the corresponding angular points of heptagon 10, as shown. |
| 14. |
| Draw two lines, from the lower angular point of heptagon 4, to the lower lefthand and righthand angular points of heptagon 10. |
| 15. |
| Repeat step 14 six times, with respect to the other angular points of heptagon 4 and the corresponding angular points of heptagon 10, as shown. |
| 16. |
| Construct the "two-points" circle between the upper intersections of circles 6 and 9 with the vertical centerline. |
| 17. |
| Repeat step 16 six times, with respect to the other angular points of heptagon 10. |
| 18. |
| Construct two lines, parallel to two diagonals 11, tangent to circle 16 and the lower circles 17 at the outer sides. See detail. |
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| 19. |
| Repeat step 18 six times, with respect to the other corresponding pairs of diagonals 11, as shown. |
| 20. |
| Circles 1, 3, 6, and 9, and lines 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, and 19, are used for the final reconstruction. |
| 21. |
| Remove all parts not visible within the formation itself. |
| 22. |
| Colour all areas corresponding to standing... |
| 23. |
| ...or to flattened crop, and finish the reconstruction of the 2024 Roman Road formation. |
| 24. |
| The final result, matched with two aerial images. |
| Copyright © 2024, Zef Damen, The Netherlands |
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