Flight Bearings

The live map below shows India. Your mission is to use this map to determine the direction you need to fly, between any two given points taking into account the given wind speed and direction.

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Using this Live Map

  • Locate the start and end of the journey on the map and click on them.
  • The readout at the upper right gives the location of the cursor measured in pixels from the lower left corner of the map.
  • You can fine tune the location of the cursor by clicking on the four arrows at the left, right, top, and bottom of the map. Each click moves the cursor one pixel in the direction indicated by the arrow.
  • Does the scale matter?

Method

Question 1: From Agra to Bangalore if the wind is from the north at 20 miles/hour and your plane is capable of 120 mph?

Question 2: From Dehli to Calcutta if the wind is from the north-west at 30 miles/hour and you can fly at 100mph?