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Re: Navigate by Skyline
From: Lars Bergman
Date: 2022 Sep 1, 03:27 -0700
From: Lars Bergman
Date: 2022 Sep 1, 03:27 -0700
Rafael, a derivation of the intersection formulas enclosed, at least for the longitude. The latitude part requires some algebraic manipulation that I leave to you. Also, on page 3, I propose a simpler method using four auxiliary variables, i.e. the two slopes and the two intercepts.
Lars