From d66bf4fe6ff287dceb9b0083244c245288f9865b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 20:41:56 +0200 Subject: ... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- libtellurian_distance.3 | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'libtellurian_distance.3') diff --git a/libtellurian_distance.3 b/libtellurian_distance.3 index 49181b3..fc753af 100644 --- a/libtellurian_distance.3 +++ b/libtellurian_distance.3 @@ -104,6 +104,21 @@ functions do not return any value. .SH ERRORS None. +.SH NOTES +The (forward) azimuths are defined as the +direction you travelling when you travel +along a great ellipsoid (which is the +shortest distance) from +.RI ( latitude1 ", " longitude1 ) +in the direction of +.RI ( latitude2 ", " longitude2 ). +Hence, +.I *azimuth2_out +will be the direction you would continue +along the great ellipsoid, \m[red]not\m[] +the direction for returning to +.RI ( latitude1 ", " longitude1 ). + .SH SEE ALSO .BR libtellurian (7), .BR libtellurian_coarse_distance (3) -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2