Comments on: Big country http://www.davosnewbies.com/2006/12/18/big-country/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AJ http://www.davosnewbies.com/2006/12/18/big-country/comment-page-1/#comment-234207 AJ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:21:55 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/2006/12/18/big-country/#comment-234207 Technically, the shortest furthest points (i.e. the shortest for a plane journey for example) between anywhere on earth is 24,860 miles (ie. the distance around the poles) regardless of where it is located latitudinally (equator, 45 parallel etc.). This is because the Earth is spherical (approximately) therefore a straight line can be drawn from Singapore to Quito (for example) over one of the poles rather than around the equator, making the straight line distance between them smaller. Technically, the shortest furthest points (i.e. the shortest for a plane journey for example) between anywhere on earth is 24,860 miles (ie. the distance around the poles) regardless of where it is located latitudinally (equator, 45 parallel etc.). This is because the Earth is spherical (approximately) therefore a straight line can be drawn from Singapore to Quito (for example) over one of the poles rather than around the equator, making the straight line distance between them smaller.

]]> By: David http://www.davosnewbies.com/2006/12/18/big-country/comment-page-1/#comment-33088 David Tue, 19 Dec 2006 14:34:05 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/2006/12/18/big-country/#comment-33088 I think I made that discovery. Point being that the earth's circumference is greater at the equator than via the poles. But no ... this site http://miscellaneousheathen.com/2006/04/ puts Wellington to Madrid in first place, and Quito to Singapore slightly behind it. I think I made that discovery. Point being that the earth’s circumference is greater at the equator than via the poles. But no … this site http://miscellaneousheathen.com/2006/04/

puts Wellington to Madrid in first place, and Quito to Singapore slightly behind it.

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