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Re: GreatCircle Calculations - precision
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Oct 3, 15:41 -0700
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2002 Oct 3, 15:41 -0700
On Monday, September 30, 2002, at 05:57 PM, Rino wrote: > GreatCircle course: > TextBook: 54.5 > VB.NET 54.3 My software says 54.46 degrees for the initial great circle heading. Such differences are usually because of the underlying math routines used and often the display routines for showing things to a given precision. Without seeing your code it would be hard to say exactly what the problems are. If you wish to privately send me the code to glance at, I would be happy to see if something jumps out at me. Dan Allen mailto:danallen46@attbi.com PS - Please do not post the code to the whole list.
