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This has to be simple. March 14, 2012 8:58 am bowser

I’m looking for a program which can tell me the optimal place to meet if there are 5 or 6 folks coming from different places. Let’s say someone from Denver, Miami, New York, San Diego, Seattle and San Francisco wanted to get together. What place would involved the fewest miles traveled for all of them put together? That may mean one or two would have to travel quite a ways, and some not very far, that’s OK.

There has to be something out there which can do this. It’s different that the Salesman’s Route, which is the shortest distance one person would have to drive to get to them all.

Thanks.

Take the average latitude of all the participants, and the average longitude, and then find a location near that lat/long with ... by ER 2012-03-14 19:52:26
- I think this is the one which allows for weighting the locations with more people. I'll try it. by bowser 2012-03-16 10:12:16
Why not just take a ruler to a map? I know it probably sounds stupid, but it's the first ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-14 14:34:32
Are we talking driving, or flying? by TB 2012-03-14 09:20:32
- Good question. Realistically it would be a mix, but let's say driving. I'd take either though. by bowser 2012-03-14 10:57:37
  - Airplane flights are not a trivial problem. by TB 2012-03-14 11:29:34
    - That's a pretty good idea. What I'm trying to do is plan a way for cousins to visit. ... by bowser 2012-03-14 11:59:20
      - Other factors include which of them might prefer to fly versus drive. A distant group that likes flying can ... by TB 2012-03-14 12:13:35
        
        My thought on that would be to tell them that whatever point was the absolute center and however you want ... by bowser 2012-03-14 13:14:20

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