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The measure of separation between two entities or locations that may or may not be connected, such as two points.
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Surface distance on DEM between two coordinates
If the area is rather flat, even the overland distance and normal distance will be almost the same:if the slope between two points along you line is eg 20%, the overland distance will only be 2% higher … than the normal distance (sqrt(1^2+0.2^2)=1.019 ). …
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How to find the closest Edge from a Line
A logical approach would be a filter using the distance of both vertices to your new line: if you have found an edge with both vertices further away from your line than a previous edge you are sure that …
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Why is the 'straight line' path across continent so curved?
Just a quick addition:
Also, planes from Asia to US would
travel almost over North Pole.
In that direction, they will often use the jet stream. In the other direction they will indeed fly ove …