http://www.metafilter.com/tags/rhumbline Posts tagged with 'rhumbline' at MetaFilter. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:34:09 -0800 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:34:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68846/Planning%2Dfor%2Da%2DLONG%2Dwalk Plan your trip to a far away spot on the globe. You might wish to <a href="http://map.talleye.com/">walk in a straight line</a> or maybe just <a href="http://www.livephysics.com/ptools/great-circle-path.php">take the shortest route</a> (other than, perhaps, <a href="http://www.digholes.com/">digging</a>). Take your camera in case you pass one of <a href="http://www.confluence.org/">these</a>. Its all to do with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_circle">great circles</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhumb_line">rhumb lines</a> I think. We have talked about confluences <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/5142/">before </a>but the project still has about 5,000 on land, to be visited so I thought they could do with another mention. <small>I was delighted to notice that a journey due south from Edinburgh would take me to the west of Liverpool and onwards to Timbuktu.</small> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68846 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:34:09 -0800 globe google greatcircle maps mashup rhumbline route travel world rongorongo