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Re: [grubstreet] Want list

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From: Kate L Pugh
Subject: Re: [grubstreet] Want list
Date: 22:49 on 02 Mar 2003

On Sun 02 Mar 2003, Roger Burton West <roger@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> That could mean two things:
> 
> (a) draw a line from coordinates (x1,y1) to (x2,y2); define a function
> d(K) representing the distance from the line of location K (remembering
> that this is _not_ an infinite line and it'll be Pythagorean if the
> distance falls outside the endpoints); sort locations by d(K).

That's what I was thinking of.  Relatively easy to do, but would be
*very* useful to someone who *mostly* knows their way around the area
they'd be travelling in.

> (b) assume public transport, get a best route from A to B, and for each
> station between them do a concentric search.

Do you want to mail the list about your route finder stuff?  It's been
stuck midway up my other inbox for ages now, waiting for me to get
around to asking you for the source :)

Kake

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Re: [grubstreet] Want list Roger Burton West 21:46 on 02 Mar 2003
That could mean two things:
- Kate L Pugh 22:49 on 02 Mar 2003
  That's what I was thinking of. Relatively easy to do, but would be
  - Roger Burton West 12:39 on 05 Mar 2003
    It's basically a scraper for www.journeyplanner.org. Unfortunately you