Rhumb Line and Great Circle Sailing - Waypoints by Jelle Schaap

Instructions version for Office 97-2003 [Link]

macros must be activated before using the program!
Date & Time:
11/9/2019 0:01 Latitude φ Longitude λ
degrees ° minutes ' n/s degrees ° minutes ' e/w
Departure = 37° 6.0' n 60° w Calculation method: 2 1. Manual - 2 Autom. (Great Circle)
Arrival = 34° 54.3' n 70° 31.1' e
Avg. speed 50 Waypoints: 8 max 60 waypoints

Method : naut. miles [Link]. nM / % course compass d/h/m GC Vertex Coordinates

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2 - Automatic Great 2 - Automatic Great Circ

method : Rhumb Lines to GC waypoints 1 - Manual Waypoints
Circle Waypoints Waypoints

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Instructions - English 1
Return to RouteData
The file requires the activation of the macros (Security Alert - message bar at the top)

In case in some cells errors appear like: # NAME? ... .. # # # # etc….... This is caused by not enabling

Sheet"RouteData" - spreadsheet calculations

Calculation method no.2: GC waypoints are automatically generated
Calculation method no.1 - set the yellow cell N7 to 1 - manual waypoints : Enter manual data (yellow cells)
in columns M,N,O (latitude) and/or columns P,Q,R (longitude)

a) - By entering latitude and/or longitude you get the rhumb lines between the waypoints

b) - If you enter only the longitudes you get the intersections on the
meridians of the great circle. In column D you can identify the latitude

Example 1
Example of a search of the latitude (intersection of great circle)
How to find the latitude (great circle intersecting the meridian 15 ° w)

Choose the method: Cell N7: method 1 = manual ; and Cell N9: 10 waypoints
Column P - Enter the longitude 15°, Column R - Enter w

In column D at wp 1 is indicated: 43 ° 35.5 'N

Example 2: Construction of the rhumb line (along the great circle) to values of different longitudes (....

After setting to manual option 1 (in cell N7), you manually enter only the longitudes
(with Δλ of 6 ° w) in the columns P & R - 1. Manual waypoints

Next to the wp numbers the coordinates of the waypoints are shown in columns D & E
To calculate a simple rhumb line just enter the latitude and longitude of the waypoints.

It is best to erase all yellow cells of columns M till R entered manually if you are n
Caution ! method!

In the example below, the coordinates of the manual wp's 5-6-7-8-9 (in this case the longitudes 39 ° till 63 ° w) will be eras
because the number of waypoints is reduced to 5 (which is less than the previous 10-wp's)

"Chart1" - graph
At the end of data entry, the map of the route is shown in sheet "Chart1" - In case of crossing the meridian 180° a longitu
is displayed. The longitude must be interpreted as λ - 360° ( 200°E = 160°W ; 210°E = 150°W …. Etc. ) !
 This is caused by not enabling the macros!

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alues of different longitudes (.... every 6 °):
 ll R entered manually if you are not using the manual

longitudes 39 ° till 63 ° w) will be erased automatically,

0-wp's)

f crossing the meridian 180° a longitude greater than 180 °

E = 150°W …. Etc. ) !