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Thanks again for all the links.

I've worked out how it is possible to use a simple table to calculate
azimuth.

My confusion came about because I read that the "assumed position" was
an arbitrary position, however given that a 3 significant digit cosine
take one page in a log table, then for an arbitrary two angle sum, one
is talking about hundreds of pages for a 4 significant figure double
angle table.

From what I understand so far, the assumed position isn't arbitrary,
but is a whole number of degrees away from the geographic position,
making the tables much much smaller (by some 3600x)

To be in simply, I was misled into believing the assumed position was
something to do with the desired outcome, rather than a simplification
of the calculation!


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