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Old 2012-07-31, 07:08   #67
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Google Earth.
Huh, wonderful! OTOH, what a stupid I am! It didn't occur to me that the shortest distance is over the pole, I imagined the crow has to fly parallel with the equator...

p.s. you did not reply to the question with the sparrow
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Old 2012-07-31, 07:36   #68
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Well received on the 20th July ; thank you very much!
I am sorry for this last response but the button had been transferred in Brittany, where I had no internet link...

Best Regards,
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Old 2012-07-31, 19:52   #69
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Google Earth.

http://dubslow.tk/random/XyzzyToLaurV.png

Although you can't tell, I put the ends right on the coordinates, perhaps with a meter of error (at most).

By comparison, I am a (relatively) pedestrian 825 kilometers distant.

Edit: To be fair, the crow would actually fly a bit further than the advertised number, due to the fact that the crow flies at a strictly non-zero altitude.
Wouldn't a great circle route be shorter?
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Old 2012-07-31, 20:05   #70
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Wouldn't a great circle route be shorter?
...that is the great circle route.
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For aircraft travelling west between continents in the northern hemisphere these paths will extend northward near or into the Arctic region, however easterly flights will often fly a more southerly track to take advantage of the jet stream.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomonic_projection
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Old 2012-07-31, 20:17   #71
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Old 2012-08-01, 18:57   #72
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Got my piece of math history, a bit crumpled from the transportation, it was squeezed between some other envelopes and the wire from the hook of the clip pressed against the surface, and almost went through the chin of the guy, but hey, it is a nice button and I really love it. Added it to the collection. Also, according with the international stamps on it, it costed xyzzy more then 10 dollars! I really appreciate the honor! Thanks.
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Old 2012-08-02, 00:40   #73
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Also, according with the international stamps on it, it costed xyzzy more then 10 dollars!
It was only $3 USD and a very scary (Fill it out wrong and go to jail?) customs form.

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Old 2012-08-02, 00:48   #74
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It was only $3 USD and a very scary (Fill it out wrong and go to jail?) customs form.
I was going to say. I once mailed a bunch of CD's (sans cases it came to ~1/2 kilo) to Siberia and paid ~10 USD to do it.
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Old 2012-08-02, 02:26   #75
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That is not the same, they have cold winters and snow during all the year, we have hot all the year and floods during the summer only ...
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Old 2012-08-02, 16:55   #76
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Got mine yesterday, thanks a lot! Shipping to Germany was $3 also, so as long as it's overseas, it's always the same?
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Old 2012-08-02, 19:28   #77
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Shipping to Germany was $3 also, so as long as it's overseas, it's always the same?
So far that has been the case.

But we have not shipped a button to Antarctica yet.

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