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Someone just corrected that GPS coordinates do not cover square but rectangular areas. Now I am wondering: Is that correct? wouldn't the areas be slightly wider at the base closest to the equator, than on the base closes to the nearest pole? Or does this still qualify as rectangular, since the angles are 90° on the surface? Also: are all rectangles, when defined by the same amount of digits, the same size? or are they smaller close to the poles? (If I do not have something fundamentally wrong in my mind they would need to be either much smaller or more overlapping, close to the poles?) --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC) | Someone just corrected that GPS coordinates do not cover square but rectangular areas. Now I am wondering: Is that correct? wouldn't the areas be slightly wider at the base closest to the equator, than on the base closes to the nearest pole? Or does this still qualify as rectangular, since the angles are 90° on the surface? Also: are all rectangles, when defined by the same amount of digits, the same size? or are they smaller close to the poles? (If I do not have something fundamentally wrong in my mind they would need to be either much smaller or more overlapping, close to the poles?) --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 07:14, 10 June 2020 (UTC) | ||
− | Anyone else notice the longitude starts giving the digits of pi? 68309(4159265358) just missing the 3.1. | + | Anyone else notice the longitude starts giving the digits of pi? 68309(4159265358) just missing the 3.1. |