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Old 28th February 2008 | 21:30
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Tim Zukas
 
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(Edit: don't bother with the formulas below-- I forgot you probably want normal-section azimuth which is much simpler. I'll look that one up and get back to you.)

See if this one is any use to you

http://www.ferris.edu/FACULTY/BURTCH...ct-inverse.pdf

That's the up-to-100+ km formula. If you want to work on it let me know-- it might need a bit of clarification.

The long-distance formulas are at

http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/inverse.pdf

Those may not be the best any more, but the improved formulas aren't on line AFAIK. In any case it does the job.

I was assuming you wanted something more accurate than you'd get by assuming the earth was a sphere, but of course those formulas are much simpler still.
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