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Calculate the rhumb line distance and bearing between two points on a spherical surface. Enter the departure and destination coordinates and get the results in nautical miles and degrees.
Calculate the course angle and the distance between two points on a loxodrome (rhumb line) using geographical coordinates. A loxodrome is a line that crosses all meridians at the same angle and is used for navigation on Mercator maps.
RhumbSolve (version 2.3) performs rhumb line calculations for an arbitrary ellipsoid of revolution. The path with a constant heading between two points on the ellipsoid at (lat1, lon1) and (lat2, lon2) is called the rhumb line (or loxodrome); its length is s12 and the rhumb line has a forward azimuth azi12 along its length.
Calculates the distance between two points of the Earth specified geodesic (geographical) coordinates along the shortest path - the great circle (orthodrome). Calculates the initial and final course angles and azimuth at intermediate points between the two given.
Great Circle calculation. Computes the shortest path between Departure position and Arrival position. Celestial navigation course for beginners. Voyage planning/passage planning tool. Single rhumb line and great circle calculations on an ellipsoid.
In navigation, a rhumb line, rhumb (/ r ʌ m /), or loxodrome is an arc crossing all meridians of longitude at the same angle, that is, a path with constant bearing as measured relative to true north.
The first calculates a distance on loxodrome (rhumb line) and course angle (azimuth) between two points with given geographical coordinates. The second one outputs compass point given course angle in degrees.
