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Google Geocoding API decimal precision
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21/11/2011 08:32:50
Michel Fournier
Level Extreme Inc.
Petit-Rocher, New Brunswick, Canada
 
 
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21/11/2011 03:46:35
Viv Phillips
Hay-On-Wye, United Kingdom
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ASP.NET
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Other
Title:
Re: Google Geocoding API decimal precision
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VB 9.0
OS:
Windows 7
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Windows 2003 Server
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MS SQL Server
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Thread ID:
01529328
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>That obviously depends on the degree of accuracy you requre. One degreee of latitude is 69 miles (give or take a bit)
>With longtitude then the level of accuracy for a given precision improves the farther North (or South) you are of the equator...

So, basically, with five decimals, in Canada, if I want to locate a business, I should be within a few meters. Is that correct?
Michel Fournier
Level Extreme Inc.
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