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Latitude doesn’t exactly mean what I thought
There are two kinds of latitude: geocentric and astronomical. On a perfect sphere, they're the same, but on an oblate spheroid like Earth they're different.
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2011 | Latitude doesn’t exactly mean what I thought by wglb | 111 | 21 |
