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minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoNo. Similarly, if you look at how planes fly, they fly in what looks like arcs, going north and then back south. On a mercator projection in looks longer, but it is the shortest straight (ignoring the curve of the earth) line. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance
No. Similarly, if you look at how planes fly, they fly in what looks like arcs, going north and then back south. On a mercator projection in looks longer, but it is the shortest straight (ignoring the curve of the earth) line.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance