# great-circle distance

> shortest distance between two points along the surface of a sphere

**Wikidata**: [Q912925](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912925)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/great-circle-distance


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013