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Re: Great Circle Course via calculator & HO 208
From: David Fleming
Date: 2016 Oct 4, 10:45 -0700

Gary,

Google Earth has the correct answer for the length of the arc in the case you showed, 1 degree longitude at 41 N.

Though they are 1 degree apart in longitude the arc is only 1xcos(41) long.

Dave

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