I hate people who blame the Mercator projection without properly learning about what is wrong with it.
This is not a Mercator projection map. The northern side of the US is straight and horizontal on Mercartor maps.
“Straight lines” on a globe (great circles) on the Northern hemisphere bend in this ⏜ way, not this ⏝ on a Mercartor map.
Flattening a sphere without compromises is impossible. Most other projections are either unusable in many local contexts or don’t span the globe. Mercator (specifically the WGS-84 implementation) works very well unless your journey goes over ±84° latitude, which is OK for most cases. Every other projection will stretch, skew or cut local areas in major ways and EVERY ONE WILL SHOW (almost every instance of) THE SHORTEST (great circle) PATH AS NOT STRAIGHT.
If that is the case, then op is wrong, that’s not how mercator works (the opposite actually).
(I’m glad this isn’t Reddit or I would be forced by custom to explain in detail the sexy times I had with their mother.)
But aviation logistic is complex (duh), there are so many things.
Among which I now realise I previously forgot to mention various weather phenomena (that can make you save fuel).
“Sadly” not really. As this is the northern hemisphere the “shorter” path would be an arc opening downwards. As others have commented, there are other reasons for this route.
He should ask Luigi for a detailed description of fly-zones, fuel consumption vs altitude and terrain, and air traffic (timing) to a lesser extent.
You are way overthinking it, the problem suggested by OP is much simpler: it‘s all about the mercator projection of the map.
nope. This is the straight line path on a Mercator map
I know, but thats what OP from screenshots suggestion most likely was.
I hate people who blame the Mercator projection without properly learning about what is wrong with it.
I’m rather impressed by your two unicode curve examples
I’ve scrolled through UnicodePad so many times I know what to expect where, so I usually only have to skim through one to three block.
If that is the case, then op is wrong, that’s not how mercator works (the opposite actually).
(I’m glad this isn’t Reddit or I would be forced by custom to explain in detail the sexy times I had with their mother.)
But aviation logistic is complex (duh), there are so many things.
Among which I now realise I previously forgot to mention various weather phenomena (that can make you save fuel).
please do.
“Sadly” not really. As this is the northern hemisphere the “shorter” path would be an arc opening downwards. As others have commented, there are other reasons for this route.