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coordinate locations must fall within the boundaries of the
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user's current geographic region.
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-<P>
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-The user can run this program either interactively or
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-non-interactively. If the user simply types
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-<B>d.rhumbline</B> on the command line and runs it without specifying
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-parameter values, the mouse will be activated and the user
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-will be asked to use the mouse to indicate the two
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-endpoints of the rhumbline. The rhumbline is then drawn in
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-the default color (black). <!-- The program also outputs the
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-coordinate locations of the two endpoints on the user's
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-terminal and the number associated with the mouse button
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-depressed by the user in a format useful for input to other
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-programs. -->
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-<P>
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-Alternately, the user can specify the starting and ending
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+<p>
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+The user has to specify the starting and ending
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longitude/latitude coordinates of the rhumbline and
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(optionally) the color in which the rhumbline will be
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displayed; in this case, the program will run
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non-interactively.
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+<h2>EXAMPLE</h2>
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+<div class="code"><pre>
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+g.region vect=world_political -p
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+d.mon wx0
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+d.vect world_political type=area
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+d.rhumbline coor=55:58W,33:18S,26:43E,60:37N lcolor=yellow tcolor=red
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+</pre></div>
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+
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+<p>
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+<center>
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+<img src="d_rhumbline.png" border=1><BR>
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+<i>Rhumbline (loxodrome)</i>
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+</center>
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<H2>NOTES</H2>
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This program works only with longitude-latitude locations.
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