Hi, I have data of the form: t x y trip
t1 x1+e y1+e A t2 x2+e y2+e A t3 x3+e y3+e B t4 x4+e y4+e B t5 x5+e y5+e B ... ... ... ... where t is time and x/y are positions in space and e is a random error term. Trips A/B/C/etc are entirely independent from each other. I'd like to estimate the total distance traveled for each series (trip) of points (there are actually a few thousand points in each trip, and thousands of trips). A loess curve fits the data nicely, essentially eliminating the error term (I realize not exactly but it is close enough for my purposes). However I don't see an easy way to find arc length of a loess fit (without using an inefficient loop of distance between t1,t2 + distance t2,t3, etc.) Thanks for any advice. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.