====== Loxodrome ======

This designates a line that cuts the meridians of a sphere at a constant angle and thus corresponds to the path of a boat that does not change course. A rhumb line is represented by a straight line on a Mercator projection map. The loxodrome is not the shortest distance between two points; that is the orthodrome, or the great circle of the sphere.
\\ See also: [[english:glossary:conformal|Conformal (Projection)]], [[english:glossary:orthodrome|Orthodrome]], [[english:glossary:equivalent|Equivalent (Projection)]], [[english:glossary:projection|Projection (System of)]]
\\ [[glossaire:loxodromie|[French: Loxodromie]]]