The area of rhumb polygons-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The area of rhumb polygons

Published:2024-08-19 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0039-3169
Container-title:Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica
language:en
Short-container-title:Stud Geophys Geod

Author:

Karney Charles F. F.

Abstract

AbstractThe formula for the area of a rhumb polygon, a polygon whose edges are rhumb lines on an ellipsoid of revolution, is derived and a method is given for computing the area accurately. This paper also points out that standard methods for computing rhumb lines give inaccurate results for nearly east- or west-going lines; this problem is remedied by the systematic use of divided differences.

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11200-024-0709-z.pdf

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