Re: Meridional Distances
Subject: Re: Meridional Distances
From: Peter Fogg (ffive@XXX.XXX)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 21:15:54 EDT
Got nothing against calculators, or GPS for that matter, but like to know
that if necessary can work out rhumb, traverse and a round of sights with
nothing more than a pencil and some tables - call it Plan C (to be
fair, in that case would probably draw lines on the chart for rhumb and
traverse - still the simplest way to get an accurate enough estimation).
Dan Allen wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 05:09 PM, Peter Fogg wrote:
>
> > I'm glad Dan thinks the Williams formula is pretty straightforward.
>
> I should have said, straightforward for programming a computer or
> calculator. It is a bit much to remember off the top of one's head...
> ;-)
>
> Dan
