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great-circle distance

shortest distance between two points along the surface of a sphere
Class type of: length, measure, distance Q912925

Facts

6 properties
Subclass of
length, measure, distance, physical quantity[1][2][3][4]
Has use
surveying[5]
ISQ dimension
\mathsf{L}[7]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[8]
Quantity symbol (LaTeX)
d[9]
Said to be the same as
as the crow flies[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en great-circle distance en spherical distance en orthodromic distance en great-circular distance ar مسافة دائرة عظمى cs Ortodroma cs Orthodroma de Orthodrome el Ορθοδρομία es distancia de círculo máximo es ortodrómica fi isoympyräetäisyys fr distance du grand cercle he מרחק מעגל גדול id Jarak lingkaran besar it ortodromia it Ortodromica it Rotta ortodromica ja 大円距離 ja 大圏距離
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Illustration of great-circle distance.svg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/021fdz
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
ortodromia-1
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0128346
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2695098
MathWorld ID
SphericalDistance
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
128541587
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3951984

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🔗 Connections
Subclass of 3
length, distance, physical quantity
Has use 1
surveying
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Said to be the same as 1
as the crow flies
← FactGrid item ID 1
Řasnice
← Main subject 1
haversine formula
← Said to be the same as 1
as the crow flies
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