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Re: I knew where we were, but where are we now?
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 25, 21:53 +1000
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2006 Jun 25, 21:53 +1000
Lu Abel wrote, amidst some well informed and relevant information on sailings: > Any course between a starting and ending point can be drawn as a right > triangle with the actual course leg being the hypotenuse and the other > sides being the north-south and east-west differences between the > starting and ending points. This triangle is commonly labeled with the > symbols l, p, D, and C: > > p > ------------ > | / > | / > | / > l | / > | / D > | / > >| C /< > | / > | / > |/ > Hey that is an elegant way to create a diagram in Plain Text. Well done. Unfortunately its hardly a quick and simple method.
