Preliminary communication
CALCULATION OF COMPONENTS OF THE RHUMB LINE INTERSECTION WITH THE EQUATOR
Serđo Kos
; Pomorski fakultet Rijeka
Abstract
The paper presents a mathematical method ensuring a greater accuracy in calculating the coordinates of rhumb line intersection with the equator
as well as the rhumb line distance from the departure point to the point of rhumb line intersection with the equator. The basic condition requested for the proposed method is to approximate the shape of Earth to a selected reference biaxial spheroid.
Keywords
rhumb line; equator; intersection
Hrčak ID:
209284
URI
Publication date:
23.11.2001.
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