No google maps, no, no, no, no. No. Just no. (I'm sure there is someone working at google with basic understanding of spherical geodesics. Please let them fix this.)pic.twitter.com/9VWsagZhaH
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I’m pretty sure they went for the image that makes “sense” from a design perspective. Even if that doesn’t make sense from a scientific perspective.
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I just looked at http://flightaware.com (which maps flight routes) and plugged in SFO->Munich. (There are no nonstops to Vienna) -- compare with the great circle mapper (http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=SFO-MUC )pic.twitter.com/WO5dUf4Oid
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So maybe Google maps is doing some weird comparison to actual flights? I have zero idea how those databases are even set up. (I do note that Google Maps also does some odd things with NYC subway travel, and I suspect it's because nobody at Google has ever taken a subway).
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