Re: Postal / Zip Code Proximity Search
| From: | Miguel Cruz | Date: | Tue, 09 Jul 2002 19:41:23 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Postal / Zip Code Proximity Search | ||
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On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Peter J. Schoenster wrote:
>> From: "Brandon Pearcy" <bpearcy@mail.bowesnet.com>
>>> Not only does it need to find the establishments, it needs to
>>> calculate the distances (straight line, of course).
>
> I don't know what you mean by straight line. AFAIK all of this will be
> as "the crow flies".
I assume by straight line he means disregarding the curvature of the
earth, which at such small distances would be insignificant but add a lot
of calculation.
miguel