Thank you for the three messages. I've been away from GA.win today as noted in my earlier message. I appreciate your patience and resources.
Yes, I've calculated many spherical coordinates using the visual that you linked.
The latitude lines of 80 degrees N, 70, 60 and so forth can still correspond to a specific radius if you look at the ball from the top down. In fact, the spherical coordinates value indicates that each of those lines would have a specific radius value, theta, and phi values. At each latitude line, the radius and phi angle would be fixed while the theta value changes.
And when you look at the same coordinate system on a flat map that is similar to what the WHO/UN use for their logo, there is a VERY simple and straightforward circular version of the latitudes and longitude values.
Circumference by its very definition is the linear distance a circle's edge. Nothing special about it for a sphere.
The area of a circle is (pi)r^2.
The circumference of a circle is the derivative of the area with respect to r or 2(pi)*r.
Thank you for the multiple replies as well. If you have a basketball or ball, you can draw lines of latitude to see that they are concentric circles if viewed from above the object. And when you view it in this manner, those lines of latitude have a very exact radius.
Thank you for looking into the explanations for the distortion. Please remember that I've been exactly in your shoes before to prove all of these things. I hope to ask the right questions for people to question their globe indoctrination. Proving the globe is far harder than people assume.
Thank you for the three messages. I've been away from GA.win today as noted in my earlier message. I appreciate your patience and resources.
Yes, I've calculated many spherical coordinates using the visual that you linked.
The latitude lines of 80 degrees N, 70, 60 and so forth can still correspond to a specific radius if you look at the ball from the top down. In fact, the spherical coordinates value indicates that each of those lines would have a specific radius value, theta, and phi values. At each latitude line, the radius and phi angle would be fixed while the theta value changes.
And when you look at the same coordinate system on a flat map that is similar to what the WHO/UN use for their logo, there is a VERY simple and straightforward circular version of the latitudes and longitude values.
https://rickpotvinflatearth.blogspot.com/2015/09/rick-potvins-update-of-gleason-1895.html
The latitude and longitude values correspond correctly to the flat and globe models. Sydney is at -33.865143, 151.209900.
Happy to continue the discussion. I'm sorry if it seemed like I didn't read any of your messages since I just logged on to check the forum.
Circumference by its very definition is the linear distance a circle's edge. Nothing special about it for a sphere.
The area of a circle is (pi)r^2. The circumference of a circle is the derivative of the area with respect to r or 2(pi)*r.
Thank you for the multiple replies as well. If you have a basketball or ball, you can draw lines of latitude to see that they are concentric circles if viewed from above the object. And when you view it in this manner, those lines of latitude have a very exact radius.
Thank you for looking into the explanations for the distortion. Please remember that I've been exactly in your shoes before to prove all of these things. I hope to ask the right questions for people to question their globe indoctrination. Proving the globe is far harder than people assume.