d.rhumbline - Displays the rhumbline joining two longitude/latitude coordinates.

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NAME

d.rhumbline − Displays the rhumbline joining two longitude/latitude coordinates.

SYNOPSIS

d.rhumbline
d.rhumbline −−help
d.rhumbline coordinates=lon1,lat1,lon2,lat2 [line_color=name] [−−help] [−−verbose] [−−quiet] [−−ui]

Flags:

−−help

Print usage summary

−−verbose

Verbose module output

−−quiet

Quiet module output

−−ui

Force launching GUI dialog

Parameters:

coordinates=lon1,lat1,lon2,lat2Â [required]

Starting and ending coordinates

line_color=name

Line color
Either a standard color name or R:G:B triplet
Default: black

A rhumbline (loxodrome) is a line following a constant angle of the compass (i.e., a line of constant direction). It crosses all meridians at the same angle, i.e. a path of constant bearing. d.rhumbline displays the rhumbline joining any two user−specified points in the active frame on the user’s graphics monitor. The named coordinate locations must fall within the boundaries of the user’s current geographic region.

The user has to specify the starting and ending longitude/latitude coordinates of the rhumbline and (optionally) the color in which the rhumbline will be displayed; in this case, the program will run non−interactively.

EXAMPLE

A geodesic line if shown over the political map of the world (demolocation dataset):

g.region vector=country_boundaries −p
d.mon wx0
d.vect country_boundaries type=area
d.rhumbline coordinates=55:58W,33:18S,26:43E,60:37N \
  line_color=yellow
# show additionally 10 degree grid
d.grid 10

Rhumbline (loxodrome)

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