Re: An interesting problem: distance estimating

["Dan Ritter-2" <user=13@nabble.blu.org>]

 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 

-dsr- 

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