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No. Sorry again for my lack of clarity. I was told that each (x, y) pair is s/t that the system has recorded as a positive id, e.g. it represents a 'thing' that has been recorded as having been observed.

But due to the nature of the instrument, some or many of these may be spurious: "streaks" on the detector, for example. Such things will show up as a "pileup" of points within a given window (so many pixels wide) in x or y.

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Re^5: structuring data: aka walk first, grok later
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Jun 06, 2008 at 01:46 UTC
    I was told that each (x, y) pair is s/t

    Great. An "s/t"!. Sorry. Trying to understand your problem has defeated me.

    I think that may be your problem too. You cannot hope to solve a problem until you understand it. And one usually sure way of checking your understanding is to try and describe it to someone unfamiliar with the field.

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