Re: OT: spherical geometry (Re: earthdistance is not giving ...)

From: Holger Klawitter <lists(at)klawitter(dot)de>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod(at)iol(dot)ie>
Subject: Re: OT: spherical geometry (Re: earthdistance is not giving ...)
Date: 2004-10-06 12:37:31
Message-ID: 200410061437.36727.lists@klawitter.de
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> I've never seen this, but at a guess it could mean starting with 0 at
> one pole and counting to 180 at the other.

Yes, that makes sense; thanks!
But this scheme will certainly not be compatible to the distance fomula :-)

Mit freundlichem Gruß / With kind regards
Holger Klawitter
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