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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
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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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