the center of the world (was Re: Check out O'Reilly's Open Source Convention Highlights)

[Konrad Hinsen]

markus at kepler.ibp.de writes:

> Then find first the weighted average as a point in three-dimensional
> space, i.e. as (an approximation to) the center of gravity of the
> human population. This will be some point deep in the interior of the
> Earth, which you could the project back to the surface.

But that doesn't minimize the distance on the surface. Actually, we should
minimize something even more pragmatic, such as travel cost, travel time,
or some weighted combination.

Konrad.
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