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Can someone explain the logic of why ships in the Pacific sail in an upward-curvature between Japan and the USA? (they move upwards and then down)? Or is that
by phantom_oracle 10y ago
Can someone explain the logic of why ships in the Pacific sail in an upward-curvature between Japan and the USA? (they move upwards and then down)?
Or is that just a flaw of 2D-mapping?
- lionyo 10y agoYes, here's a picture & explanation: http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6822/why-is-the-straight-line-path-across-continent-so-curved http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/6822/why-is-the-strai...