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- From: Dave Esan <moscom!de@cs.rochester.edu>
- Subject: Re: Coordinate Tape Info Request
- Organization: Moscom Corp., E. Rochester, NY
-
-
- This followup to an article bounced back here. I'll try again.
-
- In article <telecom-v09i0445m03@vector.dallas.tx.us> you write:
- >Well, it is my understanding that the units in the V&H master database
- >are miles. This allows the milage based costing of the phone company
- >services to be calculated using the simple distance formula:
-
- >sqrt( (x1- x2)^2 + (y1 - y2)^2 )
-
- >although the phone companies really use the following formula:
-
- >sqrt( ( (v1 - v2)^2 + (h1 -h2)^2 )/10 ).
-
- V and H coordinates are points on a grid spread over North America. Being
- points they will be dimensionless. One can calculate the distance between
- any two points using the V and the H coordinates and simple geometry -
- eg the distance is sqrt( (x1- x2)^2 + (y1 - y2)^2 ), as noted above. But
- this will be wrong. The Earth is round, and this distance will not be correct.
-
- There is a distance method given in FCC #10, page 13. Basically it is
- as follows:
-
- 1. Calculate the difference in V coordinates, and H coordinates.
- 2. Divide each by three.
- 3. Square the numbers and add them.
- 4. If the sum of the square is > 1777 go to step #2. (Forgive me for using
- a goto statement.)
- 5. If the sum of the square is < 1777 multiply it by a fudge factor based on
- the number of divisions done.
- 6. Take the square root of the product, and round up.
-
- Of course, if it is zoned city you have to worry if the distance is < 40
- miles, in which case you have to recalculate using the zones coordinates
- rather than the master coordinates. Unless of course, this distance is
- greater than 40 miles, in which case you use the regular calculation.
-
- The distance between coordinates is supposed to be about 180 yards. (Maybe
- 173 yards = 1/10 mile?). The point (0,0) is someplace in the Atlantic.
- Unlike ATT which calculates that cost of a call to Puerto Rico based on
- 3 costing bands, Sprint calculates the mileage using a fake coordinate that
- has a negative H component.
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