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Default Haversine Calculator
On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:56:42 GMT, (Richard
Casady) wrote:

You can't possibly think the difference between a 6 mi long rhumb line
and a great circle is of any significant.

It makes a big difference on 3,000 mile east/west passages however,
especially in higher latitudes.

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