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Pakistan is much farther away than you think it is. http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=AMS-KHI,+JFK-LAX http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=AMS-KHI,+JFK-LAX

• tinco 13y ago
  Hmm that's weird, I measured by going to google maps, spreading my fingers between Amsterdam and Pakistan. I then scrolled to the U.S. while holding my fingers in that position, and the distance difference was like ~20%, according to your flightplan it's almost twice as far though. Not sure what went wrong there :) edit: using http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm http://www.freemaptools.com/how-far-is-it-between.htm I find 5600km for Amsterdam -> Islamabad, and 3900km from LA -> NY. So I was 40% off :P
  • kej 13y ago
    >Not sure what went wrong there :) Google Maps uses a modified Mercator projection, which distorts distances.
  • dalore 13y ago
    You are measure a 3d projection on a 2d plane. There has to be distortion somewhere. Most likely they use the mercator projection which has places further from the equator appear bigger than the ones near the equator.
  • Sharlin 13y ago
    The old Google Maps had/has a real distance measurement tool. Shame that the new doesn't, at least not yet.