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Straight lines on mercator are a constant bearing which is the most simple way to navigate.
by kube-system 3y ago
Straight lines on mercator are a constant bearing which is the most simple way to navigate.
- OscarCunningham 3y agoDo ships still use rhumb lines? I'd have thought that modern technology was good enough to guide them along geodesics.
- jofer 3y agoShips often follow shipping lanes. Many shipping lanes are deliberately rhumb lines rather than great circle paths.