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Re: Great circle sailings -- the "duh" moment
From: Sean C
Date: 2014 Jan 22, 13:36 -0800
From: Sean C
Date: 2014 Jan 22, 13:36 -0800
"Today I understood why -- I realized that this is exactly same triangle and exactly same formula." - Andrew
Ha, you are not alone! I had that same moment after reading Chapter 24 Sec. 05 of the 2002 ed. of Bowditch: "Great Circle Sailing by Sight Reduction Tables".
Regards,
Sean C.
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