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I get what you're saying, but I'm not sure if planning trips to the other side of the globe qualifies as "daily use" either :-) I think it's neat to see that t
by bla2 8y ago
I get what you're saying, but I'm not sure if planning trips to the other side of the globe qualifies as "daily use" either :-)
I think it's neat to see that the route is along a great circle -- that wasn't clear at all before this change.
- JorgeGT 8y agoMillions of people do it everyday, so it seems right to call it daily use: https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1018260113814061057?lang=en https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1018260113814061057...
- brandonhorst 8y agoUnfortunately, the line drawing doesn't make this as cool as it could be. The line representing the flight from BOS to PEK is drawn due west, as would look natural on a 2D map. The real flight (and shortest route) heads north and passes near the north pole. Hope they can update this, which would make international flights seem even more impressive than they already do.
- euyyn 8y agoYeah, ugh. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boston,+MA/Beijing,+China/@63.856184,-159.5021672,2.11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e3652d0d3d311b:0x787cbf240162e8a0!2m2!1d-71.0588801!2d42.3600825!1m5!1m1!1s0x35f05296e7142cb9:0xb9625620af0fa98a!2m2!1d116.4073963!2d39.9041999!3e4 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Boston,+MA/Beijing,+China/@6...
- gefh 8y agoYeah the flights in particular need to be updated for this projection.