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by mistermann 5571 days ago
I have a feeling most people on HN know how to calculate the area of a circle. ;)
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<pedantic> True, but calculating the land area by doing so is a mistake because ~50% of that 20KM circle is over the ocean.</pedantic> http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&biw=864&bih=471&#3...
Should we count lakes and other self-contained bodies of water on land?