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Re: Bowditch's Mercator Sailing Calculations
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2015 Dec 2, 19:46 +0100
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2015 Dec 2, 19:46 +0100
Dear Robin,
good idea for updating Bowditch, accuracy versus practical..., but not against didactic teaching.
For reference: Kaplan, G. H. 1995, "Practical Sailing Formulas for
Rhumb-Line Tracks on an Oblate Earth," Navigation, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp.
313–326.
Availble for free at: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/celnav.php
Kaplan: http://gkaplan.us/
Availble for free at: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/publications/docs/celnav.php
Kaplan: http://gkaplan.us/
best regards,
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