Re: [OpenMap Users] GreatCircle ellipsoidalAziDist status?

Don,

Thanks for the pointer. Am I wrong that the distance calculated is an
angular/'straight line' between points rather than a great circle, even
though each Geo is instantiated as non-sphere?

It would be nice to have some heuristics that sketch differences
between ellipsoid and spherical earth models in terms of great circle
or other distance calculations. I think this could help people make
informed choices or at least be explicitly aware of the variability.

Thanks,
Tony Bigbee

On Apr 29, 2004, at 1:51 PM, Don Dietrick wrote:

> Hi Tony,
>
> The status is unchanged. You're actually the first person to make a
> query about it in several years. You can use the
> com.bbn.openmap.geo.Geo class for those kind of queries, though.
>
> - Don
>
> On Apr 29, 2004, at 1:25 PM, Tony Bigbee wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The ellipsoidalAziDist method is listed as depcreated in the online
>> and distro API doc.
>> "this has been yanked until we have a more stable and documented
>> algorithm."
>>
>> What is the status on making this method usable?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony Bigbee
>>
>>
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