- on a Mercator chart, the rhumb-line appears as a straight line
- Макаров: на картах в проекции Меркатора локсодромия изображается прямыми линиями
Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
on a Mercator chart, the rhumb-line appears as a straight line
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