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rhumb line

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 698877 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain geomorphology
rhumb line preferred
Loxodrome
loksodromi
  • logaritmiline spiraal maakera pinnal, mis lõikub kõikide meridiaanidega ühe ja sama nurga all ning suundub lõpmatult pooluse poole. Püsival kursil sõitev laev liigub mööda l-i. Kursil 0 kraadi ja 180 kraadi langeb l. kokku meridiaaniga, kursil 90 kraadi ja 270 kraadi paralleeliga.
  • a line on the Earth's surface which intersects all meridians at the same angle
rhumb line preferred
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  • The waters of the north-western Mediterranean Sea bounded by a line commencing on the mainland coast at the eastern end of the frontier between France and Spain running eastward along a rhumb line to 8æ°00 prime ...
loxodrome
Loxodrome
loksodromi

Geoinformaatika

ID 1144179 Last modified 24.08.2026
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Domain geodesygeoinformatics & cartography
loxodrome
  • asimuuti säilitav joon kera pinnal; lõikab kõiki meridiaane sama nurga all
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loksodroom
Usage examples
  • Loksodroomid, st jooned, mis lõikavad meridiaane ühe ja sama nurga all, on Mercatori projektsioonis sirged.
loxodrome
Usage examples
  • The conformal property is useful for navigation because a straight line drawn on the map has a constant bearing (the technical term for such a line is a rhumb line or loxodrome).
rhumb line
Usage examples
  • Parallels and meridians can be considered special cases of the rhumb line.

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