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Date:         Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:14:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: speedo/odo error confusion
Comments: To: "Richard A. Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <3BD74509.B96DC05A@colorado.edu>
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It is obvious. The earth is not flat. The mile markers are in a straight line, but your bus must traverse the surface of a sphere, aka The Earth. The variance is because of valleys (high correlation) and hills (low correlation).

-Matthew

Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath" University of Idaho www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356

> > Here's what I recorded > my trip odo I-70 milepost > 77.8 0 > 186.2 100 > 292.0 200 > 323.0 230 (Colorado state line) >


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