Re: An interesting problem: distance estimating

["Matthew Gillen" <user=50@nabble.blu.org>]

 [hidden email] wrote: 
>> On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:16:09AM -0500, [hidden email] wrote: 
>>>> [hidden email] wrote: 
>>>>> I've been thinking about an issue: 
>>>>> So, what do you think would be a practical algorithm for estimating 
>>>>> distance? 
>>>> Use google maps' web services api ;-) 
>>> That would be "easier" in a sense, but not the best solution for a high 
>>> volume web site. 
>> So adjust to suit your intuition: 
>> 
>> - for x > 250 miles, return x 
>> - for 100 < x < 250 miles, return 1.05 * x 
>> - for 10 < x < 100 miles, return 1.1 * x 
>> - for x < 10 miles, return 1.3 * x 
> 
> That just seems too arbitrary, there should be some curve I could use :-)