https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1102.1215/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23423622urn:hackerpapers:mention:1102.1215:23423622Fri, 05 Jun 2020 00:16:55 GMT<p>Indeed, computing the geodesic is not that simple... the geodesics are not even closed in general on Earth. I always just use GeographicLib (https://geographiclib.sourceforge.io/) for this. https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.1215 is a paper by the author on geodesics.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1102.1215/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.geo-ph