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A geodesic is the shortest path between two points on a curved surface; in this context applies to questions where the curved surface is the earth's surface.
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Are long lines in shapefiles to be considered geodesics or straight lines in the 2D latlong ...
It seems to be a straight line in whatever projection system pertains when it is created. After that, it is recalculated in each new projection, and the software trys to make it 'stratght'.
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