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The Calculation of Loxodromic Distances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

Antonino Sposito
Antonino Sposito
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Recent articles by R. Williams and others have indicated an interest in ‘loxodromic distances’, and have described methods of calculation on the spheroidal Earth. However, these methods are not directly suitable for simple hand-held calculators. The following, approximate, methods are therefore suggested.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , May 1983 , pp. 315 - 317
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1983

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