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From: Bruce J. Pennino
Date: 2016 Oct 28, 16:17 -0400
Bruce
I had forgotten just how convenient those tables are for computing rhumb line courses and distances. The "conversion angle" tables here are the only ones I know of that publish the conversion angles for courses (or radio bearings) that cross the equator.
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Re:
Great Circle Course via calculator & HO 208
From:
Gary
LaPook
Date:
2016
Oct 27, 03:29 -0700
Also see prior posts and attachments that make it easy to see the difference between the GC and RL courses:(I had forgotten that I had posted these tables.)
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Computing-great-circle-rhumb-lline-courses-LaPook-feb-2010-g11800
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Mileage-rhumb-line-compared-mileage-great-circle-LaPook-jun-2011-g16436
http://fer3.com/arc/m2.aspx/Mileage-rhumb-line-compared-mileage-great-circle-LaPook-jun-2011-g16441
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