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Loxodromic navigation (from Gr**** λοξóς, oblique, and δρóμος, path) is a
method of
navigation by
following a
rhumb line, a
curve on the
surface of the...
- longitude).
Rhumb lines which cut
meridians at
oblique angles are
loxodromic curves which spiral towards the poles. On a
Mercator projection the north...
- types, parabolic, elliptic,
hyperbolic and
loxodromic, with the
hyperbolic ones
being a
subclass of the
loxodromic ones. The
classification has both algebraic...
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remembered in the
navigation context for the
determination of the
loxodromic curve: the
shortest course between two
points on the
surface of a sphere...
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Pedro Nunes (1502-1578)
achieved the
mathematical determination of the
loxodromic curve: the
shortest course between two
points on the
surface of a sphere...
- lines—
maintain a
fixed angle with the meridians. In
other words,
loxodromic curves are
directly related to the
construction of the
Nunes connection —also...
- into five classes:
Elliptic transformations Hyperbolic transformations Loxodromic transformations Parabolic transformations The
trivial identity transformation...
- lines,
maintain a
fixed angle with the meridians. In
other words,
loxodromic curves are
directly related to the
construction of the
Nunes connection,...
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Catalan map Isoazi****l La Cartografía
Mallorquina Leonardo's
world map
Loxodromic navigation Majorcan cartographic school Marine sandgl****
Octant projection...
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types of transformation: hyperbolic, elliptic, and parabolic. (The
loxodromic transformations are not
present because we are
working with real numbers...