Re: Rhumb Lines
| From: | Paul Scott | Date: | Fri, 05 May 2006 17:16:26 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Rhumb Lines | ||
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On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 11:44 -0300, Miles Thompson wrote:
> What an interesting problem. You might have better luck on a GIS or ocean
> racing list.
>
Have you tried this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_line
I could do something like this using PostGIS and PHP, but a pure PHP
solution is probably going to be a tad slow with real geometries.
I would love to help out on this, can we collaborate on it (I will
provide a CVS server etc if necessary)...
--Paul