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Re: Great circle crossing the Equator on a Mercator's Chart?
From: David Pike
Date: 2021 Dec 24, 03:07 -0800
From: David Pike
Date: 2021 Dec 24, 03:07 -0800
Peter, Doug
Thanks. The line must cross the equator somewhere, so just draw the rhumb line between the two points on the Mercator chart and sketch the great circle in on the side of the rhumb line away from the Equator, crossing at the Equator. DaveP