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Ed Williams wrote:
> 89N to 20N along a meridian is 69 degrees. 90 degrees along a
> meridian is approximately 10,000km (the original definition of a
> meter). So 69 degrees should be about (69/90)*10000=7667km. On the
> WGS84 spheroid it will be slightly different - I get 7677.9056km using
> Vincenty.
I got 89 0 Sodano 20 0 = 7677905.396. Close but ... In general is
there an advantage to Vincenty over Sodano?
Ted
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