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title: "Geoposition on Sphere"
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description: "This page covers the Geoposition Circle Distance node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It computes the great-circle distance between two points on …"
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# Geoposition on Sphere

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page covers the **Geoposition Circle Distance node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It computes the great-circle distance between two points on a sphere — measured along the surface, as needed for flight routes and globe visualizations.

The Node calculates the shortest distance between two given positions on a sphere. That resulting distance is always measured along the surface of the sphere.