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Re: Death to the Mercator Projection
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2018 Aug 13, 20:48 -0700
From: John D. Howard
Date: 2018 Aug 13, 20:48 -0700
David,
I do not disagree with someone who has been there an done that. My US Airforce manuals say a radio bearing would be a curved line so must be converted to a Mercator bearing for plotting. No method was given as we used Lambert charts.
Were the RAF charts you used Tranverse Mercator?
John H
