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Re: Bowditch tables 12 and 13
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Aug 14, 17:05 -0400
From: Bill B
Date: 2012 Aug 14, 17:05 -0400
> The distance derived from these formulae is actually a great circle > path, so curved. If it was straight line (geometric horizon) the contant > is 1.06. If I am reading you correctly, the straight-line distance (eyeball to horizon) would 1/1.06 for a factor of 0.94? Bill B
