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Loxodrome

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:52 am
by Royal
For the purposes of terrestrial navigation, the loxodromic spiral - also known as a spherical helix, loxodrome, or rhumb line -goes through the north-south meridians of the Earth at a constant angle. The loxodrome coils like a gigantic snake around the Earth and spirals around the poles WITHOUT reaching them.

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