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Length of Suez canal vs the shortest it could have been?

Posted 3 years ago

A map showing the Suez Canal is
here
Notice it is clearly longer that the shortest possible path! How do we get the length of the Canal from WL, and how do we get the length if they made it as short as possible?

POSTED BY: Ted Ersek

Short as possible with manual selecting:(Coordinates with Google Maps)

GeoGraphics[
{AbsoluteThickness[2], GeoPath[{GeoPosition[{31.056762033689704, 32.634629144047196}], 
   GeoPosition[{29.931398440792975, 32.56192925036115}]}, "Geodesic"]}]

GeoDistance[{31.056762033689704, 
32.634629144047196}, {29.931398440792975, 32.56192925036115},UnitSystem -> "Metric"]

(*124.954km*)
POSTED BY: Mariusz Iwaniuk
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