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A diagram illustrating great-circle distance (drawn in red) between two points on a sphere, P and Q. Two antipodal points, u and v are also shown. The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance between two points on a sphere, measured along the great-circle arc between them. This arc is the shortest path ...
Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Greek ορθός (orthós) 'right angle' and δρόμος (drómos) 'path') is the practice of navigating a vessel (a ship or aircraft) along a great circle.
Computes the great circle distance between two points, specified by the latitude and longitude, using the haversine formula. Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Latitude 1 lat1 1 Latitude of point 1 in decimal degrees Default 0 Number required Longitude 1 long1 2 Longitude of point 1 in decimal degrees Default 0 Number required Latitude 2 lat2 3 Latitude ...
The haversine formula determines the great-circle distance between two points on a sphere given their longitudes and latitudes.Important in navigation, it is a special case of a more general formula in spherical trigonometry, the law of haversines, that relates the sides and angles of spherical triangles.
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English: A diagram illustrating great-circle distance (drawn in cyan) and the straight-line distance (drawn in red) between two points on a sphere, P and Q. Two antipodal points, u and v, are also depicted.
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Airport information for Altai Airport at Great Circle Mapper. The optional source parameter can be used to specify the source of the data as shown on the website. If the source is DAFIF the template adds the text "(effective October 2006)".