Larry,

Ok, I'll put a little PRG together and post it later for your critique, ok?

Thanks!!

>This will give you the center of your points however, that point may fall ouside of the polygon described by those points depending on the placement.
>
>P₁(Long₁,Lat₁)
>P₂(Long₂,Lat₂)
>:
>P_n(Long_n,Lat_n)
>
>(Long₁+Long₂+...+Long_n)/n
>(Lat₁+Lat₂+...+Lat_n)/n
>
>where n = number of points
>
>>Hi All,
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>>I have a need to develop an algorithm that will find the center point of 'N' other points. The total number of other points will be from 2 to 5 typically, though it could go up to around 20.
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>>I have an algorithm that will give me all ZIP locations within a circle useing the Longitude and Latitude which is somewhat the corrolat of my new need.
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>>I will also have a complete set of Longitudes and Latitudes that I can use as a source for mathematical equations. Each of the 'N' points will be able to determine its associated Longitude and Latitude.
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>>I have a couple ideas I'm toying around with but was wondering if anyone here has done this already.
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>>Thanks for your help!