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Re: Navigation formula problem
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2004 Oct 20, 09:04 -0400
From: Pierre Boucher
Date: 2004 Oct 20, 09:04 -0400
On such a short distance, all methods (rumbline, great circle) compute nearly the same distance and bearing from point A (the bost) to point B (Rijksmuseum) >The boat is located at +52.371987 lat, +4.882612 long >The Rijksmuseum at +52.362108 lat, +4.883987 long >The distance from the boat to the Rijksmusem is calculated as 0.68456 km Correct calculated distance is 1.10171km >The bearing from the boat to the Rijksmuseum is calculated as 175.13 deg Correct calculated bearing is 175.14234 Pierre Boucher