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…ross the antimeridian

* Translate longitude by +/-360 and compare distances

calculator.setStartingGeographicPoint(p1.x + 360, p1.y)
calculator.setDestinationGeographicPoint(p2.x, p2.y)
val dist2 = calculator.getOrthodromicDistance
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as another optimization here, we could return early if dist1 <= meters and not calculate dist2. but we also need to calculate dist0, which would be the unmodified point. I'm a little surprised none of the existing unit tests failed with this change :( before changing anything, could you add a test for (0 0) to (1 0) (or something similar) and verify that it fails? possibly the calculator is accounting for the anti-meridian wrapping?

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I added a unit test (db811e3), but it passes, which I'm not sure is the intended behavior.

However, I think the calculator computes the shortest distance between two points on the Earth's surface, so it's likely that it already accounts for the anti-meridian wrapping.

if (geom == null) {
false
} else {
val op = new DistanceOp(geometry, geom)
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The variable names geometry and geom are too similar and thus confusing. I think we should change these to something more descriptive.

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