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aappleby
on Aug 27, 2023
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111,111.1 meters is reliably 1 degree of latitude
And a 32-bit integer can represent latitude or longitude to an accuracy of around 1 centimeter :D.
OscarCunningham
on Aug 27, 2023
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Call that a long long.
dylan604
on Aug 28, 2023
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That’s up there with buffalo buffalo buffalo
isaacremuant
on Aug 28, 2023
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If you are serious, 32 bit is a more specific term, therefore better.
ronsor
on Aug 28, 2023
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Can't be serious, because
long long
is 64 bits on most platforms.
OscarCunningham
on Aug 29, 2023
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Right, a 64 bit longitude would be a long long long.
downvotetruth
on Aug 29, 2023
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‘long long long’ is to long for GCC, but not for the Beatles who may be made to sing it a long long i; // = todo time
teaearlgraycold
on Aug 27, 2023
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long lon
linkjuice4all
on Aug 28, 2023
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At my last job we used lon long
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