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Old 13th Feb 2006, 12:03
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Originally Posted by chornedsnorkack
But is Earth a sphere?
Not exactly, but close enough for government work.

And I think that great circle plots are done with the simplifying assumption of spherical geometry - unless some huge leap forward has been made.

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