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Re: Theoretical Question - Height of Eye from Shore
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Nov 18, 01:35 -0500
From: Michael Daly
Date: 2007 Nov 18, 01:35 -0500
Greg R. wrote: > Thanks for that info - seems like I remember seeing a formula for it > (probably the same one) years ago when I was first learning this stuff, > but it's been long enough (and something that never got used in the > real world) that I don't remember it today. A simple version (based on a spherical Earth - reasonable for the distances you're likely to worry about) is at: http://en.kayakwiki.org/index.php/Horizon_distance Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---