1d.rhumbline(1)                Grass User's Manual               d.rhumbline(1)
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NAME

6       d.rhumbline   -  Displays  the  rhumbline  joining  two  user-specified
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KEYWORDS

10       display
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SYNOPSIS

13       d.rhumbline
14       d.rhumbline help
15       d.rhumbline  [coor=lon1,lat1,lon2,lat2]   [lcolor=string]
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17   Parameters:
18       coor=lon1,lat1,lon2,lat2
19           Starting and ending coordinates
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21       lcolor=string
22           Line   color   Options:    red,orange,yellow,green,blue,indigo,vio‐
23           let,white,black,gray,brown,magenta,aqua,grey,cyan,purple   Default:
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DESCRIPTION

27       A rhumbline (loxodrome) is a line following a  constant  angle  of  the
28       compass  (i.e., a line of constant direction). It crosses all meridians
29       at the same angle, i.e. a path of constant bearing.
30        d.rhumbline displays the  rhumbline  joining  any  two  user-specified
31       points  in  the active frame on the user's graphics monitor.  The named
32       coordinate locations must fall within the boundaries of the user's cur‐
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35       The  user  can  run  this  program either interactively or non-interac‐
36       tively.  If the user simply types d.rhumbline on the command  line  and
37       runs  it  without  specifying parameter values, the mouse will be acti‐
38       vated and the user will be asked to use the mouse to indicate  the  two
39       endpoints of the rhumbline.  The rhumbline is then drawn in the default
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42       Alternately, the user  can  specify  the  starting  and  ending  longi‐
43       tude/latitude  coordinates  of the rhumbline and (optionally) the color
44       in which the rhumbline will be displayed; in  this  case,  the  program
45       will run non-interactively.
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NOTES

48       This program works only with longitude-latitude locations.
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SEE ALSO

51       d.geodesic
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AUTHOR

54       Michael Shapiro, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
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62GRASS 6.2.2                                                     d.rhumbline(1)