What does "retroazimuthal" mean?

In which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B.

Retroazimuthal

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Adjective

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In which the direction to a fixed location B (the bearing at the starting location A of the shortest route) corresponds to the direction on the map from A to B. not-comparable
"Littrow projection is the only conformal retroazimuthal projection."

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"Littrow projection is the only conformal retroazimuthal projection."

Etymology

From retro- + azimuthal.

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