What is NOT an advantage of the rhumb line...

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What is NOT an advantage of the rhumb line track over a great circle track?

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What is NOT an advantage of the rhumb line track over a great circle track?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Rhumb line (loxodrome) vs great circle characteristics • How different chart projections (especially Mercator vs Lambert conformal conic) display straight lines • What makes rhumb lines popular for practical navigation (course keeping, plotting)

💭 Think About

• For each choice, ask: 'Is this something navigators actually like about rhumb lines compared to great circles?' • Think about which chart type a rhumb line truly appears as a straight line on, by definition of the projection. • Consider which option sounds out of place compared to the others: three are commonly cited rhumb-line advantages; one is not.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify on which chart projection a constant compass course (rhumb line) plots as a straight line. • Check whether a rhumb line on an east–west course near the equator is much longer than a great circle or only slightly longer. • Confirm that one key advantage of a rhumb line is that it does not require continual course alterations, unlike a great circle track.

Question 1 of 27070

What is NOT an advantage of the rhumb line track over a great circle track?

Plots as a straight line on Lambert conformal charts

Negligible increase in distance on east-west courses near the equator

Does not require constant course changes

Easily plotted on a Mercator chart

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Question 1 of 2707066636ee928f7522a1c5190db

What is NOT an advantage of the rhumb line track over a great circle track?

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Question 1 of 27070

What is NOT an advantage of the rhumb line track over a great circle track?