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minus-squareCaspase8@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 days agoWouldn’t it depend on latitude? It would be much less than 463 metres at the latitudes of Europe
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-224 days agoYes, distance of 1" on equator (463.8 m) × cosine of latitude longitude. This means approximately 350 m in Rome, 285,6 m in Berlin and 232 m in Helsinki. In reality a bit less, as I didn’t take the ellipsoid shape of the globe into account.
Wouldn’t it depend on latitude? It would be much less than 463 metres at the latitudes of Europe
Yes, distance of 1" on equator (463.8 m) × cosine of latitude
longitude. This means approximately 350 m in Rome, 285,6 m in Berlin and 232 m in Helsinki. In reality a bit less, as I didn’t take the ellipsoid shape of the globe into account.