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Modern inertial navigation fiber optic gyroscopes can be used to measure latitude because they can measure the earth's rotation. The routes planes take make ab
by UltraSane 1mo ago
Modern inertial navigation fiber optic gyroscopes can be used to measure latitude because they can measure the earth's rotation.
The routes planes take make absolutely no sense if the earth was flat. They actually use great circle routes which are the shortest distance on a globe and these routes look curved on a flat projection.