debian man page for gcb

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NAME
       gcb - calculate long and short path to a location

SYNOPSIS
       gcb units station1 station2

DESCRIPTION
       Gcb  computes  long/short path distance and heading given the latitude and longitude (degrees and minutes).  You must input the lat/long of
       the two stations.  The output will then be relative from station1 to station2.

       Input the two station lat/longs using the following format: ddd.mmHddd.mmG, lead/lagging zeros can be left out.

       d = Degrees, m = Minutes, H = Hemisphere (N or S), G = Greenwich (W or E)

       Units is 'n' for Nautical, 'k' for kilometers, and 's' for Statute.

EXAMPLES
       gcb n 35.19n97.27w 0s0e		 (Moore to Prime/Equator)

       gcb n 35.19N97.27W 38.51n77.02W	 (Moore to Washington D.C., mixed case)

       gcb n 33.56n118.24w 55.45n37.35e  (L.A. to Moscow)

       gcb n 35N70W 35N71W	 (No decimal points used, all uppercase)

SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/gcb/README.debian

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Joop Stakenborg <pa3aba@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.

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