Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #12427, comment 12


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2016-01-24T15:38:29+01:00 (10 years ago)
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  • Ticket #12427, comment 12

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    11Replying to [comment:11 bastiK]:
    22> Okay, but it should be more clearly documented that this method can only be used for distances < 10 km.
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     4''Should'' not ''can''.  ''Should'' because the recursion involved for large distances makes it potentially more expensive than using greatCircleDistance, ''not'' because it gets erroneous (once >180 degree case is fixed, of course).
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    46> In principle it is strange to interpolate two LatLon values for precise distance measurement. This introduces errors that depend on the orientation of the segment and the latitude. Near the poles, it goes crazy.
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