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Re: e for Clarke 1866 was Re: Silicon Sea : Leg 69
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Apr 11, 09:40 EDT
From: Dan Hogan
Date: 2001 Apr 11, 09:40 EDT
On 10 Apr 2001, at 22:48, Sam Chan wrote:
>
> What is e for the Clarke. I have spreadsheets set up to generate tables of
> Meridional Parts and Latitude Parts. I would like to see what this will do
> to the calculation.
Sam:
Clarke of 1886 e= .08199188997
Personal Opinion -- Changeing ellipsoids for *parctical* navigation does
not provide enough diffrerance in to make the extra
worth while.
However it makes interesting experiments for us chair bound navigators.
Cheers
-Dan-
