File:Orthodromic air route.tif
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The shortest way on the surface of the globe is always an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle" class="extiw" title="en:Great circle">orthodrome</a>, an arc segment of a great circle of the sphere. This is why a London–Los Angeles air route flies over Greenland.
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| current | 20:08, 12 January 2017 |  | 360 × 360 (175 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The shortest way on the surface of the globe is always an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle" class="extiw" title="en:Great circle">orthodrome</a>, an arc segment of a great circle of the sphere. This is why a London–Los Angeles air route flies over Greenland. |
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