Talk:Haversine formula: Difference between revisions

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(→‎Different results: added reason: radian reduction/normalization. -- ~~~~)
(maybe the radius to be used should be specified in addition to the positions)
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* use of smaller numbers via radian (or degree) reduction/normalization.
* use of smaller numbers via radian (or degree) reduction/normalization.
-- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:25, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
-- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] 19:25, 16 August 2012 (UTC)

Apparently it's the two different values used for the eartH's radius: 6372.8 and 6371.0, respectively-
--[[User:Walterpachl|Walterpachl]] 20:14, 16 August 2012 (UTC)