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A program for finding the arrival position with the knowledge of the starting position, the true course and the distance traveled.

A program for finding the distance and true course from the departed position to the arrived position.

Finding the ship's arrival position

While solving the exercises, it may be necessary to find the final position of the ship, given the following determinants.

Initial position
True course
Distance run

Therefore, this program is designed to solve this issue by applying well-known sailing laws, which we summarize as follows

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Finding the True Course and the Distance Run from Position (A) to Position (B):

While solving the exercises, it may be necessary to find the course and distance between two positions of the ship, given the following determinants.

Position (A).
Position (B).

Therefore, this program is designed to solve this issue by applying the Mercator rules, which we summarize as follows

Solving for difference in Latitude (d Lat.)
Solving for difference in Longitude (d Long.)
Solving for Meridional Parts and difference in Meridional Parts (DMP)
Tan Course = (d Long.) / (DMP)
Distance = (d Lat.) / Cos Course

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