alt Hacker NewsI used to work on a logistics company and we had to map latitude and longitude to specific directions. One of the first things I learnt was to avoid storing 6 decimal precision coordinates. Also, this XKCD was shared a lot https://xkcd.com/2170/
I used to work on a logistics company and we had to map latitude and longitude to specific directions. One of the first things I learnt was to avoid storing 6 decimal precision coordinates. Also, this XKCD was shared a lot https://xkcd.com/2170/
That XKCD is very funny. BTW:
> You are pointing to Waldo on a page... on a specific date. Because of tectonic plates movement.