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Descriptions/Explanations of Terminology
Egocentric and Geocentric Coordinates
Egocentric
- Centred on self
Geocentric
- Centred on some point in the environment
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Egocentric example
- Scorpion prey localization
Parallax
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Locust
Turn Back and Look (TBL)
Looming
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Flies landing on walls
Insect Odometers
Burkhalter (1972)
- Cataglyphis bicolor
- Step counting?
- 15 m critical distance...visual cues?
Range Lines
Digger wasps
- Two or more landmarks
- Intersecting lines
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