--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 09:01:18 -0300 From: Terri Milton <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Great circle calculator? <fwd> Sender: Terri Milton <[log in to unmask]> This calculator came to me through the Librarian's Index to the Internet. Simple to use but effective ! Great Circle Calculator - http://www.gb3pi.org.uk/great.html A useful site for calculating direct line distances between any two points on the globe. Enter the latitude and longitude to find the length "as the crow flies" of the great circle which arcs between the two locations. Distances are given in miles and kilometers. Subjects: Great circle (Geometry) | Distances -- Measurement *********************************************************** Copyright 2001 by Librarians' Index to the Internet, lii.org. *********************************************************** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Terri Milton Library Technician NSCC Annapolis Valley Campus Centre of Geographic Sciences 50 Elliott Road, RR 1 Lawrencetown NS B0S 1M0 Canada (902) 584-2102 FAX (902) 584-2085 [log in to unmask] Library website www.nscc.ns.ca/lrc Campus website www.cogs.ns.ca "I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine. " - Oliver Goldsmith >>> [log in to unmask] 10/08/01 12:42PM >>> --- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:39:42 +1000 From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Great circle calculator? Sender: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> Is there an online tool (or can someone give the formula) for calculating the great circle distance between two points on the globe, given lat and long? There must be a more accurate way than using a globe and a piece of string... Or is there a publication that lists major cities of the world and their great circle distances from each other? Brendan Whyte Geography Dept University of Melbourne AUSTRALIA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp --- End Forwarded Message --- --- End Forwarded Message ---