Abstract: One or more of the following methods and approaches can be used in capacitive position sensing. For starters, a wireless segmented capacitive sensor that incorporates the capacitive fringing feature; capacitive measurements correlated to position through a map that accounts for fringing. Furthermore, the addition of choice to capacitive sensing, where a sensor can select between two or more groupings to optimize data collection, perform irregularity detection, identification, avoidance and or adaptation. As well, the method of specialized pads. Another method involves the creation and application of intentional irregularities embedded into the scale. Such irregularities serve to encode higher order information into the scale, such as but not limited to absolute position information. Finally, intentional changes to the slider and or scale pads, particularly to oversize and or shape pads for the purpose of tolerating misalignment.