Loxodrome in a sentence as a noun

That's why ships would follow a loxodrome instead of a great circle route. They'd still arrive in port, though.

> Rhumb lines, aka loxodromes, which mean that someone started walking in a direction and kept going. To be clear, they mean that you keep going in the same compass direction.

The loxodromes between Washington and the countries he visited aren't all that useful, yet draw most of the attention. I'd probably make a list of countries, ordered by visit.

They are Rhumb lines, aka loxodromes, which mean that someone started walking in a direction and kept going. The standard solution for this is to put lots of little points into the state GIS definition, so that the points get transformed correctly.

Loxodrome definitions

noun

a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction

See also: rhumb