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Re: great circle vs. ellipsoidal geodesic
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2002 Sep 23, 20:56 -0700
From: Paul Hirose
Date: 2002 Sep 23, 20:56 -0700
I wrote: > > ways. Great circle distances and initial courses came from HO 229. > I've also tabulated the errors of those figures with respect to > geodetic distance and direction on the WGS84 ellipsoid. (Computed by > the National Geodetic Survey's FORWARD program.) My great circle Oops, the correct name of the program is INVERSE. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/TOOLS/Inv_Fwd/Inv_Fwd.html
