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Old 19th February 2004 | 09:25
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swh

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The formulas above will be slightly different to charts as charts are projected onto a spheriod, normally the WGS84 ellipsopid.

The formula results above will agree directly with unprojected data, or an unprojected map.

The WGS84 ellipsoid is flatter at the poles than a perfect sphere, hence the spherical geometry answers you received above will have a small error as a result of the projection.
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