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Old February 23rd 04, 03:50 AM
Ben Jackson
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Kyler Laird wrote:
(Ben Jackson) writes:

Is that not a great circle, or am I fooled by the projection of the map?


The tool that draws the route just uses the same technique any student
would; it draws a straight line. Sectional maps use the Lambert
Conformal Conic projection so a straight line should be close to
describing a great circle route.


Does that property of the LCC hold across large areas, like the whole
US? I happened to be plotting a course from Oregon to Georgia (in-laws
are moving to Atlanta) and it looked straight and too southerly to me
offhand.

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