Message from @Flat Earth PhD
Discord ID: 686851273202728970
@earth=> _______ Didn't the head of google maps say something about the data not being possible to work with the globe?
@rivenator12113 if data wasn't able to be processed on a globe, Google earth wouldn't work.
Is this real?
Who knows, everything is relative
How is this flat Earth discord but there is no formula for horizon curve. Looks like everyone just wants to believe what they're told.
Or you just believe what you are told by media and NASA
Why do i need a formula if i have my eyes!
TRUE!
Just LOOK at the horizon. No curvature there my friend
My formula is = eyes>physics
I wish I had WiFi, to view the gifs...
8 in/mile ^2
Hey i just saw a video on youtube and i really liked the idea of the earth being flat. I think i knew it the whole time but never thougth it could be real. We must spread the word on that!!!
Most people throughout history knew it was flat. the spinning ball is a fairly recent concept
@Flatty from Cincinnati No actually, I derived the formula myself, but the people in discord are just taking nasa's word for how much the horizon should curve without even using a formula
@curious guy How did you derive your formula / what parameters and values did you use if I may ask.
I did not use values, I used variables, R is the radius of the Earth, h is the height, u is the horizontal angle of view, I made a model showing which part of the Earth would be visible from a height h, the angular size from "eye level" to a certain point on the horizon is used to find how much the horizon should curve
This is for distance
I'm talking about how curved the horizon will look
Also, for the image you showed, it's probably better to use the curved distance for d1 and d2 for more accurate results
The formula doesn't become too complicated either
So what results did you get? How curved should the horizon be viewed at an angle of almost 0° ?
Almost 0°? Are you looking through a tiny slit?
Also you'd need to give me a value for the height
The angle is extremely small as the horizon line is far away / is set by the distance you are able to look
As for size lets assume 180cm
Are you talking about horizontal angle or vertical angle?
The vertical angle will be found out by the formula