Find Benghazi

[dogmush]

16 miles.

I knew which lump of coastline it was on, but was apparently a little south.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I'm not even going to bother claiming such gadgets wouldn't work on my phone. Even if it worked, I'd probably be pretty far off.
I suck at geography.


I know it's over *waves hands to the tan colored part of the globe under europe* there and, as is most of that area, seriously *expletive deleted*ed up.

[birdman]

21,137-297=20,840. I took the long way around.

Long way around what planet?  The earth is 24860-24910 miles around...so where did 21137 come from?
If it was 297 off, wouldn't that make the long way 24563-24613?

[dogmush]

Long way around what planet?  The earth is 24860-24910 miles around...so where did 21137 come from?
If it was 297 off, wouldn't that make the long way 24563-24613?

He dug a small tunnel.....

[bedlamite]

170 miles. I knew it was by that bay, but wasn't sure if it was at the east or west end.

[Ben]

Long way around what planet?  The earth is 24860-24910 miles around...so where did 21137 come from?
If it was 297 off, wouldn't that make the long way 24563-24613?

C = 2 pi r cos(x), where X is 32 deg latitude (roughly, I rounded).

[230RN]

The trick is not knowing where or what stuff is.

The trick is in knowing how to look it up.

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/map/google_map_Benghazi.htm

Gee, do you think WaPo is trying to refresh concern about the Benghazi affair?

[KD5NRH]

Long way around what planet?  The earth is 24860-24910 miles around...

On top of the water, sure.  I doubt he's quite that Christlike.

[230RN]

Mebbe Moses-like?

[Sergeant Bob]

You were 251 miles away. I’m impressed. Pretty close.

Doesn't suck.

[birdman]

C = 2 pi r cos(x), where X is 32 deg latitude (roughly, I rounded).

I figured, but that isn't the long way

[KD5NRH]

I figured, but that isn't the long way

Catch it on the next orbit around the galactic core?

[SADShooter]

357. 

[birdman]

Catch it on the next orbit around the galactic core?

Or a great circle route. 

But random fun fact, the LONGEST unrefueled non-stop circumnavigation (hit all longitudes, land where you started) of earth by an airplane is actually like >10% longer than the circumference of earth, and also shorter than the longest unrefueled, non-stop flight.  Funny what people do to set records.