COURSE and CURRENT, Explanation
This program calculates the triangle of a ships course-through-water (CTW) under some current (DUC)
giving finally a course-over-ground (COG).
Enter first the ships true course and speed through the water, and then eventually the current and its speed and/or the desired course-over-ground.
If course-over-ground is not defined, this will be calculated by the program.
On the other hand, if course-over-ground is specified, the program will re-calulate course-through-water with the given value of speed.
In that latter case, the input for course-through-water is ignored. -
(As the vector-relation CTW + DUC = COG holds, you may use this program to eventually calculate the current DUC from the course-data:
-CTW + COG = DUC. The minus-sign is handled by adding 180° to CTW before entering, but keeping the corresponding speed.)
The ship is assumed to move forward only.
Copyright
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the license or any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
See the GNU General Public License
(www.gnu.org/licenses/) for more details.
If errors are encountered, kindly send a note to info@ocean-navigation.de.
Author: Heiner Müller-Krumbhaar
- Last update 18.may.2023.