Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: How far is it?
Date: Mar 10, 2004 @ 16:49
Author: Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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From: "acroorca2002" <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:31 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: How far is it?
> really
> i dont remember that
>
> & it is an interesting question
> as well as a challenging try pointing quest
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> perhaps even 2 of each
> since the farthest pair of points measured circumferentially
> might not be the same points as the diametrically farthest pair
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> yet exactly how to solve for either set
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> alternatively
> someone may already have solved & posted answers for them
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> so perhaps a prior question is
> exactly how to search for any such ready made answers
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> &or
> failing that
> there must be some data on the geoid already developed &
> available somewhere that might be useful toward these ends
> if we knew what to look for
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> like
> greatest circumference & diameter figures might be a good
> place to start
> since these are likely to have been worked out to some degree
> of specificity & accuracy
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> but where & how to find them
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> & could we in fact approach the correct answers via these data
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> & if so
> by exactly what means could we get there from here
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> but can anyone solve or advance this
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> or even clearly see the right way to go
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> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "L. A. Nadybal"
> <lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> > We discussed some time back the maximum distance that any
> two places
> > on earth could be from one another.
> >
> > This site claims to deliver the distances between two selected
> points:
> >
> > www.indo.com/distance/
> >
> > LN
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