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GreatCircle Bounding Box

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by locating the GreatCircle implementation and the existing APIs for representing segments or bounding boxes. Review how GreatCircle segments are currently calculated and check for related tests or shape bounds. Done means the segment exposes at least an approximate bounding box, with behavior covered by tests.

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Description

Calculate at least an approximate bounding box for a segment of the GreatCircle

Dominant language
Java
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Forks
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