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> 41, -73 (removed all decimals from your example location) still gives me the general location that it's somewhere in New York. I think it would be hard to ov
by kerkeslager 7y ago
> 41, -73 (removed all decimals from your example location) still gives me the general location that it's somewhere in New York.
I think it would be hard to overstate how useless this data is rounded that far. 41.022755, -73.913102 is almost a two hour drive away from 41, -73 according to Google Maps, and that "drive" starts with you swimming a tenth of a mile to shore. Even if you round better (round -73.913102 to -74) we're talking about a 6.9 mile drive that will take 15 minutes. With different examples (anywhere which is close to _.5 for both coordinates, i.e. -73.5, 41.5) the distances are going to be even larger.
Rounded to two decimal points, you're at a point where the accuracy is probably good enough for most purposes, but now you're looking at 41.02, -73.91, which is clearly harder to transmit over the phone than "medium.axed.hobby".