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A rhumb line?
shortest distance?
No unless it also happens to be a great circle.
The only rhumb lines which are also great circles are ?
Meridians at the equator.
A great circle is the ?
shortest distance between 2 points.
Parallels on a lamberts chart are ?
Arcs of concentric circles nearly equally spaced
On a polar chart parallels are shown as.
concentric circles which are unevenly spaced.
Parallels on a Mercator s chart are ?
straight lines unequally spaced.
Meridians of longitude are represented on a polar stereographic map as
Straight lines radiating from the poles.
Meridians of longitude are represented on a Mercators maps as
Parallel straight lines equally spaced.
Meridians of longitude are represented on a Lambert's conical chart
Straight lines converging at the poles.
Straight lines cross Meridians on a Stereographic map appear as
variable angles
Straight lines cross Meridians on a Mercator's chart -
at a constant angle (rhumb line)
Straight lines cross Meridians on a Lambert's chart-
at a variable angle approximately a great circle.
Great circles are represented on a Polar chart as
Approximated straight lines near the pole and concave to the pole near the equator.
Great circle are represented on a Mercator's chart as a-
Curved line concave to the equator except the equator and meridians which are straight lines
Great circles on a lambert's chart are represented as-
Straight lines concave to the parallels of origin.
Rhumb lines on a polar chart are represented as a -
Curved line concave to the nearer pole.
Rhumb lines on a Mercator's chart are represented as a straight line
Straight line
Rhumb lines on a Lambert's chart are represented as a -
Curved line concave to the nearer pole.
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ATPL NAV maps and charts.
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ATPL NAV maps and charts.
Updated
2010-06-01T13:42:42Z
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