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Measuring distance
Robert Murphy
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Hello, I am new to tracker and I would like to know how to measure the distance a mass has traveled over many tracked points. I am analyzing a video where someone is breathing and in some instances the motion of respiration is causing issues with our analysis. I have already tracked a point throughout my 10 minute video and can see there is a respiratory frequency to the motion. My goal is to measure the average distance per breath and to measure the maximum motion created by either breathing or other motion of the head. If there is something simple that I missed please let me know. 

Thank you for your help.


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