Nice :) Is it valid though? I thought you might have had to swim across the harbour because there's more of the country on the other side of it
In Tom’s videos (which this post is based off) he says that you just have to reach sea water
Crossing an entire country in a straight line
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#12If this is just about minimizing crossing a country along a straight line then surely you could just pick any 3-country intersection and just cut the corner as closely as possible.
Yes, this is certainly easy to cheat at, but the point is to have fun
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#13I would be interested to know which is the longest distance straight line crossing of a country I could do, without having to go through a building or having to swim.
Maybe some country in North Africa, that is mainly desert?
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#14What counts as across? In New Zealand, following Auckland's Portage Road would pretty much do it: https://www.google.com/maps/@-36.9356481,174.8371974,440m/da... (zoom out to see why)
Australia though? I suppose you could count the northern tip of Queensland, but it doesn't seem very "across".
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#15In case you haven't seen the linked videos by GeoWizard about crossing Wales and Norway in a straight line, I would highly recommend watching them. The whole series makes for some very entertaining evenings, you wouldn't believe the kinds of things he comes across on his journeys!
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#16In case you haven't seen the linked videos by GeoWizard about crossing Wales and Norway in a straight line, I would highly recommend watching them. The whole series makes for some very entertaining evenings, you wouldn't believe the kinds of things he comes across on his journeys!
Came here to post a similar comment. Even if he didn't cross the entire country, his "Straight Line" missions require a lot of prep and logistics, especially if a body of water or private land is involved.
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#17Straight line in 3D or on a specific 2D projection ?
Straight line in 3D would usually require digging underground.
Maybe you could do it in an airplane. Compensate for the curvature of the Earth by varying your altitude. This will probably work up to a distance of a few hundred miles.
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#18Reminds me a scene from the "Endless Poetry" film, which I recommend to watch.
Re: Crossing an entire country in a straight line
#19Straight line in 3D or on a specific 2D projection ?
Straight line in 3D would usually require digging underground. Maybe you could do it in an airplane. Compensate for the curvature of the Earth by varying your altitude. This will probably work up to a distance of a few hundred miles.
Or it could be a great-circle, which is sometimes described as a "straight line" on the surface of a sphere.
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#20Unfortunately, the map tiles from openstreetmap are not loading because the API key is being rate limited.
It would be cool for the OP to upload his line to this site and see some other metrics: https://www.scoremyline.com/