Practical Rhumb Line Calculations on the Spheroid

Journal of Navigation

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 112-119

  Bennett, G G ^a  

^a New South Wales   (United States)

Author keywords

Geodesy; Laxodromes; Rhumb lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346016191     PISSN: 03734633     EISSN: 14697785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0373463300013151     Document Type: Article

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