Motion for intersection geodesic lines on spherical surface and on the revolution ellipsoid

According to the Brazilian law number 8,617 of 1993, the Exclusive Economic Zone is defined as a range of up to two hundred nautical miles along the territorial sea in which existing resources can be exploited, yielding royalties to states confronting with these areas. In some cases, to comply what is provided by the applicable law, the demarcation of territorial waters may be established through the intersection of two geodesic lines. The goal of this study proposes a solution to the intersection problem of geodesic lines in the spherical and ellipsoidal surfaces. At first, the calculations were based on spherical trigonometry, providing preliminary results which work as a first approximation. Next, a recursive computation method based on Vincenty's formulation is proposed, which are performed in azimuth discretization of small arc segments, serving as an approach to the intersection by the geometric local of the encounter between the last segments obtained.

Geodesic Line; Spherical Trigonometry; Vincenty's Formulation