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Welcome back! Cool script. 200 metres! Almost a couch potato! The algorithm leaves a big hole near my house ;)  --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 14:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
 
Welcome back! Cool script. 200 metres! Almost a couch potato! The algorithm leaves a big hole near my house ;)  --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 14:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
  
The most complicated bit of the script is the handling of the -0 longitude. Always an issue with where I live! I am interested to hear that the algorithm leaves a hole.. is there a specific reason why it can never land there? --[[User:Stevehaskew|Stevehaskew]] ([[User talk:Stevehaskew|talk]]) 16:38, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
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:The most complicated bit of the script is the handling of the -0 longitude. Always an issue with where I live! I am interested to hear that the algorithm leaves a hole.. is there a specific reason why it can never land there? --[[User:Stevehaskew|Stevehaskew]] ([[User talk:Stevehaskew|talk]]) 16:38, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
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::That made me do some Googling. I discovered that the World Geodetic System 1984 prime meridian is just over 100 metres from the one at Grenwich Observatory and is marked by a litter bin. I coded a [http://nbest.co.uk/kmlGeohash/testForm.php KML file generator] for Google Earth so I know about the -0 problem. I hacked some code together but I'm not quite sure why it works! --[[User:Sourcerer|Sourcerer]] ([[User talk:Sourcerer|talk]]) 09:02, 27 July 2016 (UTC)

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Welcome back! Cool script. 200 metres! Almost a couch potato! The algorithm leaves a big hole near my house ;) --Sourcerer (talk) 14:18, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

The most complicated bit of the script is the handling of the -0 longitude. Always an issue with where I live! I am interested to hear that the algorithm leaves a hole.. is there a specific reason why it can never land there? --Stevehaskew (talk) 16:38, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
That made me do some Googling. I discovered that the World Geodetic System 1984 prime meridian is just over 100 metres from the one at Grenwich Observatory and is marked by a litter bin. I coded a KML file generator for Google Earth so I know about the -0 problem. I hacked some code together but I'm not quite sure why it works! --Sourcerer (talk) 09:02, 27 July 2016 (UTC)