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  1. Lucene - Core
  2. LUCENE-7158

Haversin should use the earth's mean radius, not its max (equitorial)?

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    • Improvement
    • Status: Closed
    • Major
    • Resolution: Fixed
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    • 6.0, 6.1, 7.0
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      Across our spatial modules we seem to disagree about the earth's radius when we model it as a sphere.

      I think in our haversin implementation we use equitorial (maximum) radius, but maybe in spatial3d we use the earth's mean radius.

      I think mean makes more sense: the earth is actually a squashed sphere, so it's polar radius is shorter than its equitorial radius.

      I think it's important, when we model the earth as a sphere, that we pick one radius and try to use that one consistently?

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        1. LUCENE-7158.patch
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          Karl Wright
        2. LUCENE-7158.patch
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          Michael McCandless

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