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Old 17th July 2007 | 23:50
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Since 90=90, they are technically in the same place. For a symmetrical earth.

BUT - if the earth isn't symmetrical, so that at the geodetic north pole - where the horizon is at right angles to the pole on the equator - you could drill "straight down" i.e. at right angles to the local horizon and NOT hit the centre of the earth, then they wouldn't be the same place.

I can't see how that's a practical possibility for the earth, but maybe some smart geographer has found the earth's a bit squint.
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