"....an infinite number of compass directions to Mecca"
allahu akbar!
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On 9/24/2015 2:39 PM, Bill Gottesman wrote:
Well, if you are going to allow compass directions, then that opens
the door to all loxodromes. There are an infnite number of loxodromes
that connect two points on a sphere, if you allow loxodrome paths that
travel more than once around the globe! This gives an infinite number
of compass directions to Mecca.
-Bill
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Brent <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I think you can face Mecca from 4 directions:
1. along great circle shortest direction
2. along great circle longest direction
3. along constant compass method shortest direction
4. along constant compass method longest direction
I wonder if it says in Koran to face Mecca in shortest direction?
brent
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