Map of the flight path of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370" class="extiw" title="w:Malaysia Airlines Flight 370">Malaysia Airlines Flight 370</a>.
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<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span><br>Flight path traced from a map ("Figure 2: MH370 flight path derived from primary and secondary radar data") on page 3 of the report <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5243942/ae-2014-054_mh370_-_definition_of_underwater_search_areas_18aug2014.pdf">MH 370 – Definition of Underwater Search Areas</a> published by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Transport_Safety_Bureau" class="extiw" title="w:Australian Transport Safety Bureau">Australian Transport Safety Bureau</a>. The source map is in simple cylindrical projection (from Google Earth) and was gereferenced and distorted into a flat Mercator projection before being traced for this map. The data in the source image (ie. the flight path) that was traced to generate this map is the location of Flight 370. The position of an object is a fact; facts cannot be copyrighted.<br>Background is the "Simplified World Polygons (LSIB) - March 2013" dataset <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hiu.state.gov/data/data.aspx">available</a> from the US Department of State - Office of the Geographer (public domain). Map boundaries: 93°E-107°E &amp; 0.5°S-11°N.