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A Step by Step Method of Computing Points Along the Arc of a Great Circle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2009

Roy Williams
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Keywords

1. Geodesy

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 46 , Issue 2 , May 1993, pp. 277 - 282
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1993

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