An interesting problem: distance estimating

[Dan Ritter]

On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:16:09AM -0500, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> > markw at mohawksoft.com 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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