• Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.works
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    9 hours ago

    I suppose you could get a shape like this if you tried to draw a square by true headings and bearings near the North pole of a sphere. “Turn heading 090, travel 10 miles. Turn heading 180, travel 10 miles.” and so forth. Start at a spot close to the pole and this will be your ground track.

    Actually no it isn’t, because attempting to make a square you’d make four turns in the same direction, this would require turning left, right, right, left.