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Originally Posted by Misty Blue
{snip} New question for all of you coffee table navigators out there: We are talking distance here...
What is the difference between any given degree of LATITUDE and any given degree of LONGITUDE?
Extra credit: What is a RHUMB LINE? If you sail one northward where will you end up. Hint: Loxodrome. It's OK to use your CHAPMAN'S!
Misty Blue
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I was trying to figure out which of several answers would be the one you're looking for and then reread the "talking distance here" so I'll answer that traversing a degree of latitude (keeping longitude the same) is the (roughly) same distance anywhere on the Earth given that it's (roughly) a sphere. Traversing a degree of longitude (keeping latitude the same) results in a different distance depending on whether you're close to the equator (long distance) or closer to a pole (short distance). I had to look up rhumb line so I won't give that one away since I didn't know the answer. Hint : constant bearing ...
ps - I'll say you'd end up ashore
