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Do ships still use rhumb lines? I'd have thought that modern technology was good enough to guide them along geodesics.
by OscarCunningham 3y ago
Do 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.