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Some properties of the curve of constant bearing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

D. Martin
D. Martin
Affiliation:
The Royal Technical College, Glasgow.
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If Z is a fixed point on the surface of the earth (assumed spherical) and P is the North Pole, then the locus of a point X, which moves in such a way that the angle α between the great circle arcs PX, ZX is constant, is called a curve of constant bearing.

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Research Article
Information
Edinburgh Mathematical Notes , Volume 35 , January 1945 , pp. 4 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1945

References

page 4 note 1 One or two are given in the Admiralty Manual of Navigation, Vol. III. (H.M.S.O., 1938).

page 4 note 2 Admiralty Manual, loc. cit., p. 203. There is a minor difference in sign due to our convention regarding the sign of the longitude.

page 5 note 1 Pointed out to me by Dr L. M. Brown.

page 6 note 1 Admiralty Manual, loc. cit., p. 204.