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Re: Calculate new coordinates given bearing and distance?
From: John Brown
Date: 2015 Nov 25, 12:37 -0800
From: John Brown
Date: 2015 Nov 25, 12:37 -0800
Dave wrote:
So to summarise, roughly what lat & long are these waypoints, how far apart are they, and if they are a long way apart, which heading source are you intending to steer by?
When sailing a GC route we made very little use of waypoints. At each fix or updated EP a new initial course to our destination was calculated using azimuth (ABC) or sight reduction tables and course altered accordingly, using a normal gyro compass. None of this at very high latitudes and always at ship speeds. Small scale gnomonic charts were useful for a visual appreciation of the location of the vertices.
John
