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Great Circle Map. Great Circle Map displays the shortest route between airports and calculates the distance. It draws geodesic flight paths on top of Google maps, so you can create your own route map.
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Learn what a great circle route is, how it differs from a rhumb line, and why it is useful for navigation. Find out how to plot a great circle route on a chart and see some examples of its applications in maritime and air traffic.
Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from Ancient Greek ορθός (orthós) 'right angle', and δρόμος (drómos) 'path') is the practice of navigating a vessel (a ship or aircraft) along a great circle. Such routes yield the shortest distance between two points on the globe.
5 lip 2019 · Learn why planes fly along curved paths called geodesics or great circles, which are the shortest routes in 3-dimensional space. See how map projections distort these routes and how to distinguish them from small circles.
20 maj 2024 · Find the shortest route between any two points on a globe using the Great Circle Mapper. You can also search for locations by name, calculate path distances, and explore featured maps of aviation and geography.
5 maj 2015 · Learn why flights follow great circles, the shortest distance between two points on a sphere, and how they navigate over land and ocean. See examples, tools and images of flight paths and waypoints.
Enter the airports of your flight route and get the great circle distance in nautical miles and kilometers. Choose an aircraft type or enter the cruising speed to estimate the flight time and see the flight path on a map.
