Initial and Final Bearing Calculator
Initial and Final Bearing: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers origin coordinates. Stub page while the tool and its worked example are prepared. Scope is.
Initial and Final Bearing Calculator is a planned calculator in the transport section of Super Calculator, covering distance and bearing.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: origin coordinates and destination coordinates.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Forward azimuth from atan2 of the spherical triangle, reverse azimuth for the arrival course.
Written for hikers and sailors setting a compass course to a waypoint.
Status
This page is a stub. The calculator is not built, no figure on this page has been verified against the authority that sets it, and nothing here should be used to make a decision. The page exists so that the site structure is complete and so that articles can link this concept on first mention.
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