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Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:23:26 GMT

Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth (2018)

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Fri, 07 Apr 2023 19:09:20 GMT

This paper https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.07389# uses an algorithm called 'branch-and-bound'.

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Wed, 20 Jun 2018 01:42:17 GMT

Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth

2 points; 1 discussion reply on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.

Tue, 01 May 2018 14:35:54 GMT

Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth

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Tue, 01 May 2018 13:41:28 GMT

FYI, the PDF of the source paper is https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.07389.pdf

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Tue, 01 May 2018 11:31:23 GMT

They have these illustrations in the paper. https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.07389

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Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:51:33 GMT

Longest Straight Line Paths on Water or Land on the Earth

1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.