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bkgoodman · 08-15-2011, 06:02 PM

In case you need to know - this is called a "Great Circle Distance" - as you are finding a distance between two points on a sphere. (Actually, an ellipsoid, but I'm assuming you don't need to be that accurate.)

I calculated a distance of 4.950 km or 16,240 feet.

Quick calculator is:

http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html

08-15-2011, 06:02 PM	#6
bkgoodman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Nashua, NH Posts: 66 Thanks: 27 Thanked 16 Times in 6 Posts	In case you need to know - this is called a "Great Circle Distance" - as you are finding a distance between two points on a sphere. (Actually, an ellipsoid, but I'm assuming you don't need to be that accurate.) I calculated a distance of 4.950 km or 16,240 feet. Quick calculator is: http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html