… staying on land (as far as possible)

The Rev Dodgson said:

Typical silly Quora question:
“If we theoretically build a bridge around the entire circumference of the earth and walked straight nonstop, would we end up where we started? Is a bridge like this possible?”

But it raises the question, if you did want to build a bridge around a great circle, and you wanted as much as possible to be on land, what route would you take?

party_pants said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Typical silly Quora question:

“If we theoretically build a bridge around the entire circumference of the earth and walked straight nonstop, would we end up where we started? Is a bridge like this possible?”

But it raises the question, if you did want to build a bridge around a great circle, and you wanted as much as possible to be on land, what route would you take?

Hard to do it on a Great Circle Route…

Pick a starting point at the Bering Strait and go east. Through middle of Alaska to Alberta, down the guts of the USA to the Tip of Florida. Thence (somehow) to Cuba, and bit of a detour along the Carribean Islands (using the same somehow technique) to Trinidad and then jump to the coast of South America, Follow the coast along to the eastern tip of Brazil. Assume the same somehow technology exists to cross the Atlantic to Nigeria. Thence overland to the Horn of Africa.

From here there are tow routes, once north of the Himalayas via the Persian Gulf and the Stans and then into eastern China, and one over the Indian Ocean to say Mumbai and thence overland to Kolkata, then via Bangladesh and Thailand to southern China.

.. anyway, on to Beijing, and then Vladivostok. Then a bit of a deviation along the coast northwards and back to Bering start point.

not the best, bit it connect the most people. Not technically feasible to cross the Atlantic and Indian Oceans of course. Even the short sea crossing of Trinidad to South America, or Florida to Cuba.

Witty Rejoinder said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

Typical silly Quora question:

“If we theoretically build a bridge around the entire circumference of the earth and walked straight nonstop, would we end up where we started? Is a bridge like this possible?”

But it raises the question, if you did want to build a bridge around a great circle, and you wanted as much as possible to be on land, what route would you take?

Maybe up the spine of the Americas down through Asia and the unavoidable Indian Ocean.

I wonder if there is an on-line app to draw great circles.

Will have a look, but not tonight.

Honestly I think that this would probably require a brute force search.

Just need a globe and a tailor’s tape.

we need about 30 first year engineering students, some straws, tape, scissors, pop sticks and an egg….

Arts said:

we need about 30 first year engineering students, some straws, tape, scissors, pop sticks and an egg….

what’s the egg for?

party_pants said:

Arts said:

we need about 30 first year engineering students, some straws, tape, scissors, pop sticks and an egg….

what’s the egg for?

in case they get hungry

> Not technically feasible to cross the Atlantic and Indian Oceans of course.

Why “of course”? There are such things as floating bridges.

Perhaps you mean “not financially feasible”.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth
But Party Pants answer is probably better.

> If we theoretically build a bridge around the entire circumference of the earth and walked straight nonstop, would we end up where we started?

I can’t see any other answer than “yes”.
There may be technical difficulties, such as walking nonstop while asleep, but I’m sure they can be overcome.

mollwollfumble said:

> Not technically feasible to cross the Atlantic and Indian Oceans of course.

Why “of course”? There are such things as floating bridges.

Perhaps you mean “not financially feasible”.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremes_on_Earth
But Party Pants answer is probably better.

> If we theoretically build a bridge around the entire circumference of the earth and walked straight nonstop, would we end up where we started?

I can’t see any other answer than “yes”.
There may be technical difficulties, such as walking nonstop while asleep, but I’m sure they can be overcome.

Thanks for the link to TATEETQAA (the answer to everything except the question actually asked) :)

A lot of interesting stuff there though.

Wait until pangaea and it’ll be easier¡

https://www.quora.com/Which-great-circle-intersects-with-the-most-land
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest%3A71s15e-71n165w%2C71s15e-71n165w&MS=wls&DU=mi
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest:55n42e-55s138w,55n42e-55s138w&DU=mi

esselte said:

https://www.quora.com/Which-great-circle-intersects-with-the-most-land
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest%3A71s15e-71n165w%2C71s15e-71n165w&MS=wls&DU=mi
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest:55n42e-55s138w,55n42e-55s138w&DU=mi

Well done good sirrah.

roughbarked said:

esselte said:

https://www.quora.com/Which-great-circle-intersects-with-the-most-land
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest%3A71s15e-71n165w%2C71s15e-71n165w&MS=wls&DU=mi
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest:55n42e-55s138w,55n42e-55s138w&DU=mi

Well done good sirrah.

Quora asketh a silly question, Quora answers a silly question :)

I have no idea if those routes are correct of course, I’m not sure how the original answer got them.

esselte said:

roughbarked said:

esselte said:

https://www.quora.com/Which-great-circle-intersects-with-the-most-land
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest%3A71s15e-71n165w%2C71s15e-71n165w&MS=wls&DU=mi
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest:55n42e-55s138w,55n42e-55s138w&DU=mi

Well done good sirrah.

Quora asketh a silly question, Quora answers a silly question :)

I have no idea if those routes are correct of course, I’m not sure how the original answer got them.

:)

esselte said:

https://www.quora.com/Which-great-circle-intersects-with-the-most-land
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest%3A71s15e-71n165w%2C71s15e-71n165w&MS=wls&DU=mi
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=longest:55n42e-55s138w,55n42e-55s138w&DU=mi

Just what I was looking for and couldn’t find!

I even googled :)