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Re: Geographical Center Problem
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jul 28, 5:17 PM
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2001 Jul 28, 5:17 PM
You are entirely correct. We're mainly pursuing the geographical center problem because it is interesting in its own right. Another criteria could be "degree of historic importance". Salem, Paris, Greenwich, and other noteworthy places from the history of navigation all vie for this. Dan -----Original Message----- From Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]On Behalf Of Paul Baechler Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 11:13 AM To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM Subject: Re: Geographical Center Problem It seems to me that the efforts to devise a minimum travel distance are something of a red herring; if the intent is to have a meeting then the desired goals are minimum travel cost and minimum travel time. An additional criterion, especially if families are involved, is the availability of things to do and sights to see. The minimum travel distance solution is apparently pointing to the Hudson's Bay region. I'd suggest that most list members would find locations near the Atlantic gateway cities of either Europe or North America (e.g., Paris, London, Toronto, New York, Boston, Chicago) to be cheapest in terms of both time and money. -- Paul Baechler N34�51' W086�33'