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Distance Line
The Distance Line facility enables a Rhumb line to be drawn with a start
and end point at specified locations. If the line covers a large distance, e.g.
75 NM or over, a Great Circle line is visible on
the display, in addition to the Rhumb line.
The start and end points of the distance line may be entered in one of two
ways:
1. From the Distance Line window, enter the required Start and End
LAT/LON co-ordinates and click the Goto buttons.
Or:
2. With the Distance Line window open,
right click at the required Start
location on the display and from the
semi-transparent context menu select
Place Distance Line Start
3. Move the cursor to the required end point (this may require re-
scaling and panning), right click again and select Place Distance
Line End.
The distance line is drawn as a dashed orange line with a dot at the start
and end.
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