great-circle distance
Sign in to saveAlso known as great-circular distance, orthodromic distance, spherical distance
shortest distance between two points along the surface of a sphere
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- distance
- Image
- Illustration of great-circle distance.svg
- Said to be same as
- as the crow flies
- Has use
- surveying
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- WikiProject Mathematics
- Commons category
- Great circle
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