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		zamadatix 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Show HN: What country you would hit if you went st... The other methods are about defining different meanings of what "going around" actually is while constant latitude is a special case of many such methods, e.g. great circle, not a new definition of what going that way means.

munchler 4 months ago [–]

I'm not sure what you mean, but a circle of constant latitude is definitely not a great circle (except on the equator).

zamadatix 4 months ago | [–]

You're 100% right, I conflated great circle and small circle there.

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