From 3b0921c999097f9b740316adf0785582748cad96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Reisner <alex@alexreisner.com> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:38:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fix grammar and link formatting. --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7fc3b2a3..26915ed7 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -604,12 +604,12 @@ When you install the Geocoder gem it adds a `geocode` command to your shell. You There are also a number of options for setting the geocoding API, key, and language, viewing the raw JSON reponse, and more. Please run `geocode -h` for details. -Data Types and Accuracy ------------------------ +Numeric Data Types and Precision +-------------------------------- Geocoder works with any numeric data type (e.g. float, double, decimal) on which trig (and other mathematical) functions can be performed. -A summary on the relationship between location accuracy and the number of decimal places in latitude and longitude degree values is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees#Accuracy (as an example, at the equator, degree values with 4 decimal places give about 11 metres accuracy, whereas 5 decimal places gives roughly 1 metre accuracy). +A summary of the relationship between geographic precision and the number of decimal places in latitude and longitude degree values is available on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees#Accuracy). As an example: at the equator, latitude/longitude values with 4 decimal places give about 11 metres precision, whereas 5 decimal places gives roughly 1 metre precision. Notes on MongoDB ---------------- -- GitLab