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Re:I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people t... by em-bee on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @04:16AM (#34593029)
is there maybe some way to find the nearest population center from any given location? say the nearest town with 100.000 inhabitants?

something like this: https://citiesnear.com/me

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Re:I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people t... by bearmode on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:58AM (#34593675)
The nearest town with 100k inhabitants means that places such as Greenland are completely excluded, since its largest town by far only has a population of 18k
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Re:I made a website for lonely people, and got >100 people t... by em-bee on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @08:55AM (#34595002)
well, a different threshold could be chosen. or a list of exceptions. so for greenland it would always choose the capital or the biggest town. or make it user configurable. ideally i would just like to enter the name of the nearest town myself, regardless of size or location. maybe provide a dropdown list of nearby population centers and let the user choose their preference.
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