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whockin (8 posts)
Aug-25-01, 03:54 PM (EST) "Degrees of curvature." Here is a list of degrees of curvature for the various radius's available in the route editor: radius-----degrees------approximately
-2000m-------.97----------1 degree
-1000m------1.94----------2 degrees
--500m------3.88----------4 degrees
endpnt10-------------------8 degreesRailroads measure their curves in degrees of curvature as the change in direction along a 100' chord in the curve.
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