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Re: Bowditch: Distance to visible horizon
From: Robin Stuart
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 05:31 -0800
From: Robin Stuart
Date: 2012 Dec 6, 05:31 -0800
David,
Glad to see that we agree that the correct constant in the formula when the height of the eye of the observer is in meters should be 2.12. Bowditch however has 2.07. The only way that I can get a value of 2.07 is to assume that the conversion from meters to feet was made by multiplying hm by pi!
Regards,
Robin
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