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How to calculate smallcircle on sphere
I use this python code to calculate a greatcircle:
https://code.google.com/p/pyroms/source/browse/trunk/pyroms/greatcircle.py?r=39
After initializing the greatcircle I can calculate points on the ...
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Great-circle lines in Equirectangular projection
Just to check that I'm on the right track:
Are all great-circles on the sphere and in equirectangular projection (i.e. latitude, longitude pairs) either:
meridians (i.e. going pole to pole)
of the ...
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How do I find the points of intersection between a small circle and a great circle?
I only actually need to intersect a great circle arc i.e. the shortest path between two points, with a given small circle.
I found this tutorial for intersecting two great circle arcs, but ...
