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Re: Latitude by law of cosines
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2018 Feb 7, 10:29 +0100
From: Andrés Ruiz
Date: 2018 Feb 7, 10:29 +0100
Latitude by Altitude and Time
Ref:
Bowditch 1906, 1916
Chauvenet
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2018-02-06 22:03 GMT+01:00 Frank Reed <NoReply_FrankReed@fer3.com>:
-- Last month, Chris Caswell asked about some formulae labeled "for latitude" in John Karl's book:
sin(coL+G)=sin H sin G / sin d
where: tan G = tan d / cos LHA
