I know you're kidding, but for the edification of anyone wondering why the normal route looks longer than the current route: Lines on maps are not accurate rep

I know you're kidding, but for the edification of anyone wondering why the normal route looks longer than the current route: Lines on maps are not accurate representations of the shortest distance between the points, because maps are 2d representations of a 3d globe. The shortest path is approximately along a "great circle"[1], which looks like the path in the first link. [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle