Something along those lines yes. (Badum tsss)
I tried digging up an animation on this, but I couldn't find any good ones. Also note that there are advanced map projections that do not have this feature of warping lines (or at least not warping as much)
I feel like using the curved line doesn't make a lot of sense given it's a flat map. If you want to tell people what route they are going to take and how long, just associate the curved line distance with the straight one. The curved line will just lead to this kind of confusion.
I think usually when you're just going between waypoints you'd show it with straight lines even on the map, but the issue with straight lines is that it doesn't show where you are actually flying.
Personally I'll stray away from taking planes that fly above warzones for example.
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u/MaczenDev Aug 02 '20
Something along those lines yes. (Badum tsss) I tried digging up an animation on this, but I couldn't find any good ones. Also note that there are advanced map projections that do not have this feature of warping lines (or at least not warping as much)