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[–] 29 points 4 months ago (3 children)

This measurement is a factor of pixel size. As resolution increases and pixel width approaches 0, the shoreline length approaches infinity.

Though I guess you'd eventually run into the problem of clearly defining the shoreline once you're distinguishing between water molecules and grains of sand. is the water between the sand molecules part of the ocean? How concave is the boundary on the stretches between sand grains?

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