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It would be cooler if it took the shape of the beach into account, and showed what would be across the ocean if you were oriented along the tangent line.
by eurleif 12y ago
It would be cooler if it took the shape of the beach into account, and showed what would be across the ocean if you were oriented along the tangent line.
- tmhedberg 12y agoThat would be difficult, since coastlines are essentially fractal.
- mmanfrin 12y agoRelevant Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox
- baddox 12y agoOf course, in practice such an app would not attempt inspect the coastline on a molecular level. It would just use vector data from some map source, and I suspect that would work quite well in practice.