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Re: An interesting problem: distance estimating



 Matthew Gillen wrote: 
> [hidden email] wrote: 
>   
>>> On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:16:09AM -0500, [hidden email] wrote: 
>>>       
... 
>>> 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 :-) 
>>     
> 
> You could use google maps' web service api to experimentally gather some data 
> points, then use your favorite data analysis package to fit a good curve ;-) 
> 
> Matt 
>   


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