Re: Lindy Line
Subject: Re: Lindy Line
From: Walter Guinon (wguinon@XXX.XXX)
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 09:39:39 EST
George H has the right idea, Bowditch gives his approach as an approximation to
the shortest distance. Howerver the shortest path, subject to a maximum
Latitude, is given by a GC thru the departure point that is tangent to the
limiting parallel, then along the parallel to another GC thru the destination
point and which is also tangent to the limiting parallel.
When this approach is studied on a gnomic chart the extension to arbitraty
curves which exclude certain areas (e.g. land) seems clear.
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