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rhumb line

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Geoinformaatika

ID 1144179 Last modified 24.08.2026
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Domain geodesygeoinformatics & cartography
  • asimuuti säilitav joon kera pinnal; lõikab kõiki meridiaane sama nurga all
loksodroom
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  • Loksodroomid, st jooned, mis lõikavad meridiaane ühe ja sama nurga all, on Mercatori projektsioonis sirged.
loxodrome
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  • 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
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  • Parallels and meridians can be considered special cases of the rhumb line.

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