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After looking at this I just realized why maps showing airline routes always show arched lines.
by grimmdude 10y ago
After looking at this I just realized why maps showing airline routes always show arched lines.
- Benjammer 10y agoIt's a combination of map projections and airplanes using "great circles"[1] to navigate shortest distance between two points on a sphere. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle