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> Rhumb lines, aka loxodromes, which mean that someone started walking in a direction and kept going. To be clear, they mean that you keep going in the same co
by waqf 13y ago
> Rhumb lines, aka loxodromes, which mean that someone started walking in a direction and kept going.
To be clear, they mean that you keep going in the same compass direction.
If you kept going in the direction which seemed straight ahead to you there on the ground, then what you'd get (under suitably idealized conditions) is a great circle.
- tantalor 13y agoLocally, it would zig-zag all over the place, like the US-Canada border: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkYlIA7mgw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkYlIA7mgw