Lighthouse Geographic Range Calculator
Lighthouse Geographic Range: a planned Super Calculator tool. Covers light elevation. Stub page: the tool, its formula and a worked example are not published.
Lighthouse Geographic Range Calculator is a planned calculator in the transport section of Super Calculator, covering speed and distance.
What this calculator will compute
Inputs: light elevation and height of eye.
Formula, recorded as scope and not yet verified against a primary source: Range = 1.17 times (sqrt(light height) plus sqrt(height of eye)).
Written for coastal navigators predicting when a light will rise.
Status
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