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Submitted: Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 20:37
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philldeb
Could some body please tell me if there some way of calculating klm,s as the crow flies from one point to another eg. A to B
Reply By: KiwiAngler - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 20:49
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 20:49
Not sure if this is what you are looking for but try
Site Link
click on "Get directions"
Enter 'from' and 'To' been the 2 locations you want
Not 'as the crow flies' but actual distance
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Reply By: Atta Boy Luther - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:09
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:09
Easy as google earth ruler .
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Reply By: Gone Bush (WA) - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:21
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:21
Calculating the shortest distance between two points on the earth's surface is calculating the Great Circle Route.
In my early days in Air Traffic Control this was a traditional job to give the newbies (me) and we had to work it out on paper, no calculators.
It's easier these days provided you have the lat and long, which you can get from Google Earth.
Here's how:
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
Have fun.
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Follow Up By: viz - Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 21:00
Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 21:00
Great circle calculation bit over the top for sort distances i.e. no appreciable difference to a ruler on a map for the distance that a 4WD would do. And it ties the brain up in knots.
OP did not say what the application was for. i keep a set of [marine navigation] callipers in the car and use that against the map's scale; I use GPS GOTO feature for measurement line-of-sight [or as-the-crow-flies]; I use Google Earth and mapping software to measure road distances.
Heap of stuff on the net, as other posters have mentioned
viz
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Reply By: The Explorer - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:32
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 21:32
Strap GPS to crow :)
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Follow Up By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 07:55
Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 07:55
Tie string to crows foot so you can get the GPS back.. ;-))
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Reply By: Serendipity of Mandurah (WA) - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 22:55
Reply By: Shaker - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 22:56
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 22:56
Might help if you give a little more info, do you mean by using a map, or what?
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Reply By: Flywest - Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 23:12
Monday, Jun 01, 2009 at 23:12
Dividers on a chart - but use the scale on the side of the chart for your dividers width setting as Lat stays true but the scale on top and bottom 9LONGITUDE) gets closer the larger the longitude south of the equator...so is not accurate for distance measurements!
You'll get answers in nautical
miles, (1 degree is 60 Nm and One Minute is 1Nm) but you can convert them to kilometers with a calculator, abacus or slide rule.
That said, crows tend to fly overland, you might wanna go as the albatross flys for over water distances!. ;o)
Cheers
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Reply By: philldeb - Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:14
Tuesday, Jun 02, 2009 at 05:14
Sorry i never put maps in but i used the distance calulator thank you all
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