Geographical distance or geodetic distance is the distance measured along the surface of the Earth, or the shortest arch length. The formulae in this article...
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typically for latitude and longitude Geographical distance – Distance measured along the surface of the Earth Geographic information system – System to capture...
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A long-distance relationship (LDR) or long-distance romantic relationship is an intimate relationship between partners who are geographically separated...
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The great-circle distance, orthodromic distance, or spherical distance is the distance between two points on a sphere, measured along the great-circle...
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Distance is a numerical or occasionally qualitative measurement of how far apart objects, points, people, or ideas are. In physics or everyday usage, distance...
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Distance decay is a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The distance decay effect states that...
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Haversine formula (redirect from Haversine distance)
are given by Vincenty's formulae and the other formulas in the geographical distance article. Given a unit sphere, a "triangle" on the surface of the...
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1973 calculation of the geographical centre of all land surfaces on Earth: Kırşehir City, Turkey. Show map of Earth Geographical centre of Earth (Middle...
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Isolation by distance (IBD) is a term used to refer to the accrual of local genetic variation under geographically limited dispersal. The IBD model is...
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Horizon (redirect from Horizon distance)
great-circle distance s along the arc over the curved surface of the Earth to the horizon; this is more directly comparable to the geographical distance on a...
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Russian Geographical Society in 1845, American Geographical Society in 1851, the Royal Danish Geographical Society in 1876 and the National Geographic Society...
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Vincenty's formulae (category Distance)
(direction) from another point. The second (inverse) method computes the geographical distance and azimuth between two given points. They have been widely used...
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coordinate system Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system Geographical distance Roger Foster; Dan Mullaney. "Basic Geodesy Article 018: Conversions...
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West Pakistan (section Geography)
administrative inequality between the two wings, coupled with the major geographical distance between them, was believed to be delaying the adoption of a constitution...
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geographical distance. If there are n objects, and the matrix is symmetrical (so the distance from object a to object b is the same as the distance from...
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groups work together toward common objectives, across functions, geographical distance and throughout the organization. OGSM's origins can be traced back...
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Latitude (redirect from Geographic latitude)
Geodesy Geodetic datum Geographic coordinate system Geographical distance Geomagnetic latitude Geotagging Great-circle distance History of latitude Horse...
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Longitude (category Meridians (geography))
longitude Geodesy Geodetic system Geographic coordinate system Geographical distance Geotagging Great-circle distance History of longitude The Island of...
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In mathematics, the Euclidean distance between two points in Euclidean space is the length of the line segment between them. It can be calculated from...
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Under Chinese law, the use of geographic information in the People's Republic of China is restricted to entities that have special authorization from the...
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The CAGE Distance Framework identifies Cultural, Administrative, Geographic and Economic differences or distances between countries that companies should...
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Texas Gulf Coast (category Geography of Texas)
Texas Coastal Bend. The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing at 367 miles (591 km)...
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Earth-centered, Earth-fixed coordinate system (redirect from Geocentric distance)
tracking crustal motion. The distance from a given point of interest to the center of Earth is called the geocentric distance, R = (X2 + Y2 + Z2)0.5, which...
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transportation and electricity when people consumed locally due to geographical distance and business competition was more limited. As new modes of transport...
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Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system (category Geographic coordinate systems)
by mapping their territory during the interwar period. Calculating the distance between two points on these maps could be performed more easily in the...
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Flight length (section Distance-based definitions)
flight length or flight distance refers to the distance of a flight. Aircraft do not necessarily follow the great-circle distance, but may opt for a longer...
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field of view (GIFOV). Geographic distance NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd (2009). "Frequently Asked Questions: What Is Ground Sample Distance?". Archived from the...
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since the colonial-era Province of Pennsylvania because of its geographical distance from Philadelphia, the state's first settlement, and because of...
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Genetic distance is a measure of the genetic divergence between species or between populations within a species, whether the distance measures time from...
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Race and genetics (section Distance)
a species, genetic distance measures divergence between subgroups. Genetic distance significantly correlates to geographic distance between populations...
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