The Miracle Of Flight

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eric bloedow

Re: The Miracle Of Flight
« Reply #30 on: November 15, 2007, 09:09:09 PM »
the circle route is caused by the way "mercator projections" are made: the globe is "projected" onto a CYLINDRICAL surface(with the north and south poles on the flat ends), then "unrolled" to make a flat, rectangular map!

this is why Alaska looks small, when it's actually as big as the other 48 states combined!

so of course a straight path will appear curved when transposed onto the mercator map!

here's some pictures:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection

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Re: The Miracle Of Flight
« Reply #31 on: November 15, 2007, 09:20:02 PM »
Why are you talking about the fucking Great Circle route in the thread about flight? Jesus, keep your panties out of your ass for a second and try debating in the relevant thread.

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Re: The Miracle Of Flight
« Reply #32 on: November 15, 2007, 09:54:35 PM »
this is why Alaska looks small, when it's actually as big as the other 48 states combined!
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Roundy the Truthinessist

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Re: The Miracle Of Flight
« Reply #33 on: November 15, 2007, 10:14:04 PM »
lol.  This guy's good to have around.  :D
Where did you educate the biology, in toulet?