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On 9/19/23 5:02 AM, Jeff wrote:
> On 18/09/2023 12:32, Will Peters wrote:
>> I am trying to determine the longest straight line worldwide distance
>> from my locale. Is there a way to find it and/or an appropriate
>> online calculator? Thanks.
>
> Not quite sure what you are asking for. A straight line between 2 places
> would have to go through the Earth.
>
> The `normal` thing to use would be the Great Circle distance (which is
> not a straight line) which gives the 2 shortest paths between 2 places;
> 2 results 1 long path, and the other the short path, (unless the 2
> places are exactly antipodes of each other).
> So I am not sure what you mean by "longest straight line".
>
> Jeff
Sorry, for amateur radio purposes, I meant the longest great circle
distance.
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