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Summary Of: Loxodrome

a loxodrome may be easier to follow than a great circle... in which case the loxodrome is a line of constant latitude... a loxodrome is a straight line... The full loxodrome on the full infinitely high map would consist of infinitely many line segments between these... be the longitude where the loxodrome passes the equator... the loxodrome will be a straight line...

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