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&lt;p&gt;The Earth is round, but very big. 

&lt;P&gt;Between +70 and -70 degrees and distances under about 20 kilometers, bog standard 2D trig will produce results with errors less than 0.2%. 
&lt;P&gt;Between +-50 degs, it is less that 0.1%

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