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Re: Great Circle Course via calculator & HO 208
From: UNK
Date: 2016 Oct 3, 11:29 -0700
From: UNK
Date: 2016 Oct 3, 11:29 -0700
Gary asks: " Does this mean that Google Earth uses a more sophisticated algorith for it's computation than the one used by navigators for centuries?"
Of course. Celestial navigators MUST use the celestial sphere, while geographers use the geoid.
Herbert
