Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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This presentation addresses the confusion between ellipses and ovals that arises from uncritical use of language. The video suggests that scientists should start using goodness-of-fit measures to characterize their references to ellipses.

The Neglected Carolina Bays: Ubiquitous Geological Evidence of a Cataclysm.
Amazon: amzn.to/4dqrcRY

A. Zamora, A model for the geomorphology of the Carolina Bays, Geomorphology, 282, 209–216. (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019
doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.019

LiDAR Visualization Tool for Google Earth by Michael Davias. ovoidbasinsurvey.cintos.org
lidar-hrtm.cintos.org

Python program for fitting ellipses to the Carolina Bays by the least squares method.
github.com/citpeks/Carolina-Bays-least-squares-ellipse-fitting

Fit ellipses using a web browser
pyscript.com/@ellipses123/ellipse-fitting/latest