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Article #5285Re: Bug report for Map Cdev ( Apple Inc.)
From: Joe Brownlee
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1989 14:35
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1989 14:35
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In article <581@nikhefk.UUCP> keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) writes:
>The Map Cdev as delivered in System 6.0.x has a bug in
>the distance calculation. [...]
>
> This bug is not in every location in the Map database, some locations
> will give you zero miles and zero kilometers. A real fun location
> to try out is Denver: it is 10 miles/10 kilometers from Denver...
> The same holds for Salt Lake City. [...]
>
>Anybody care to comment?
>
>--kees
I entered my home town of Champaign, Illinois by exact Lat/Long from an atlas
and -- guess what -- Champaign is 10 mi. from Champaign, too. I tried a bunch
of things to change this with no luck. I know Einstein said the universe is
curved, but this is somewhat extreme...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!uunet!gistdev!joe From: joe@gistdev.UUCP (Joe Brownlee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Bug report for Map Cdev ( Apple Inc.) Keywords: Map Cdev Message-ID: <814@gistdev.UUCP> Date: 26 Sep 89 14:35:03 GMT References: <581@nikhefk.UUCP> Reply-To: joe@gistdev.UUCP (Joe Brownlee) Organization: Global Information Systems Technology Inc., Savoy, IL Lines: 23