A Systematic Approach for Solving the Great Circle Track Problems based on Vector Algebra

Chih-Li Chen

doi:10.1515/pomr-2016-0014

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A Systematic Approach for Solving the Great Circle Track Problems based on Vector Algebra

Polish Maritime Research

Volume 23 (2016): Issue 2 (April 2016)

By: Chih-Li Chen

Open Access

|Jun 2016

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