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Re:Median Center of Population for the United States: 1880 t... by ummonk on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:08PM (#37081092)
Technically the spot on the opposite side of the earth is also a median right?
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Re:Median Center of Population for the United States: 1880 t... by 6gvONxR4sf7o on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:21PM (#37081237)
Nope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_median
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Re:Median Center of Population for the United States: 1880 t... by ummonk on Friday August 11, 2023 @12:58AM (#37085258)
Thanks. That's an elegant definition of median!
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Re:Median Center of Population for the United States: 1880 t... by aidenn0 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @05:37PM (#37082123)
Yes because it's the intersection of a meridian and a parallel, which is two points anywhere except the poles.
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