Author

Contributions

  • Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Dept. of Operations Research - Contributor

Publication

1986 - Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

6,750 words, Guess

Page Count

27 pages

Identifiers

Alternate Titles

  • NPS-55-86-008.

Description

This report presents two great circle navigation algorithms, a closest point of approach algorithm and intercept algorithm. It also presents an implementation program for the algorithms that is written in the BASIC language for an IBM PC. Instead of using classical spherical geometry or the general spherical triangle, these algorithms incorporate rectangular coordinates and vectors on the surface of the spherical. The intent of the report is to provide algorithms for spherical earth models that can be used for situations in which flat earth models are not appropriate, but that do not require the sophistication of rotating earth models. (Author)

Subjects

Topics

ALGORITHMSNAVIGATIONEARTH MODELS

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