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Re: Destination from course and distance
From: Pierre Brial
Date: 2005 Feb 18, 07:02 +0400
From: Pierre Brial
Date: 2005 Feb 18, 07:02 +0400
Hello Jeff, Try this : http://home.t-online.de/home/h.umland/page2.htm Look at the chapter 12. Regards Pierre Brial Jeff Schroeder a ?crit: > > Can someone point me to spherical trig (great circle sailing) formulas > for determining destination Lat & Lon, if given departure Lat & Lon, > true course, and distance travelled? > > I have made stabs at trying to flip around the cel nav Hc and Zn > formulas into what I'm looking for, but must admit the weakness of my > math skills. I can't figure out how to get Lat & Lon out of it without > already knowing one or the other. > > Thanks, > -Jeff
