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Subject: Re: Lindy Line
From: Dan Allen (danallen46@XXX.XXX)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 22:02:47 EST
On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 05:01 PM, George Huxtable wrote:
> I have come across this recommendation before, and it puzzles me
> somewhat.
> Take the middle leg, where Dan would be sailing due West at his
> furthest
> North latitude, and put an X at its mid-point. Now, if you are going to
> travel from Seattle to X, why not do it directly by the shortest path,
> on a
> great circle between Seattle and X? Similarly, when reaching X why not
> then
> turn through an angle onto a new great circle between X and Yokohama?
> Each
> of these two legs must be shorter than its "composite" equivalent which
> uses part of the great circle Seattle to Yokohama, and what's more
> spends
> less time at extreme Northerly latitude. Am I missing something?
No, you are not missing anything. I should have noted that the example
came from a website somewhere on the net. I did not write it.
I am not advocating this method; I'm with you George!
Dan
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