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Re: V&H to Lat/Long?

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From: Ray
Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2003 01:42
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In article <3f047804.327511201@news2.istop.com>, Ralph wrote:
> When buying point-to-point circuits, the NPA/NXX for the two ends is
> used to find the V&H.
> http://members.dandy.net/%7Eczg/search.html
> 
> Then from the V&H you calculate mileage.
> V&H miles: sqrt((V1-V2)^2 + (H1-H2)^2)/10)
> 
> So if the carrier sells an OC3 for 0.3c/ds0-mile, you get 347 miles
> from Toronto-Manhattan * 0.3c/ds0-mile * 2016 ds0/OC3 = ~$2100/mth for
> the OC3.
> 
> The reason I want lat/long is because a customer that has a GPS will
> know their lat/long, and from their phone number I can find out their
> CO, and therefore the V&H of the CO.  Then I can find the distance (as
> the crow files) from the customer to the CO.

Ralph,

See

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=telecom17.57.10%40
massis.lcs.mit.edu

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I haven't tested this algorithm...

Ray
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