• Fleur_@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    It’s actually possible to navigate longitude and latitude by just going up and down. It’s how spy balloons traverse.

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      3 days ago

      To some extent. There are different winds at different altitudes, but it’s the kind of navigation that lets you fly over a city once. It’s not the kind that lets you linger over a certain building, or go back if you missed something.