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ORTHODROME-LOXODROME CORRELATION BY THE MIDDLE LATITUDE RULE – ERRATUM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2014

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Abstract

Type
Erratum
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2014 

The publisher apologises for the errors in Paragraph 1 of the Introduction. Lines 6–10 of paragraph one should read as follows:

Finding the infinitesimal distance dD O that the vessel must cover in Great Circle sailing for the orthodromic course to change by a small value dC O illustrates the problem. Referring to Figure 1, from a spherical right angled triangle TVP with any two parts given any third can be found as follows:

And in Table 1, there are errors in Line 1 and Line 5. Lines 1 and 5 should read as follows:

The corrected Table is given below.

Table 1. Middle Latitude Rule (Sphere).

References

REFERENCE

Petrović, Miljenko. Orthodrome-Loxodrome Correlation by the Middle Latitude Rule. Journal of Navigation. Published by Cambridge University Press, 20 November 2013. doi:10.1017/S037346331300074X.Google Scholar
Figure 0

Table 1. Middle Latitude Rule (Sphere).