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The correct term for this measure of the geodesic is orthodromic distance and is guaranteed to get confused looks from people, which is often my intention. You
by inopinatus 6y ago
The correct term for this measure of the geodesic is orthodromic distance and is guaranteed to get confused looks from people, which is often my intention.
You may then proceed to explain this refers to the distance by camel.
- _jal 6y agoTelling people the shortest path is a great circle is also fun.
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- dylan604 6y agoMe: 'The shortest distance is a straight line' You: Except on a globe, it is a great circle. Me: 'Nobody said on the surface. I'm tunneling through.'
- pmiller2 6y agoIt's more like that on the surface of a sphere, great circles are lines. That's how it's interpreted in spherical geometry.