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,,,I'm fairly new and still getting the hang of this site and noticed the distance in miles of other members , but also noticed that some are way out ,,,, question ,,,,, in general how accurate are they , anyone know ?
VFR800AJ
I'm in Sutton Coldfield. stick that in AA routefinder and see how that compares ?
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,,,Hi it says 21- 24 miles which is more than the the 16 I can see under your pic. ,, but one said a town was 26ml. and I traveled it to work and clocked 38-40
kaycat
think it by plane or as the crow flies just a ball park thing x
Double six
I think KC has hit the nail on the head, I have always thought it was a linear measurement not a road travelled distance.
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,,,How silly of me , I didn't think of an airplane :) ,,, as for crows I don't trust them , be carefull when you're underneath them ,,,still ,,, thanks for clearing tha up for me .....
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It's done by the the first part of your postcode, and it's rather random - if another user shares the same first 3 letters/digit it'll show 0 miles between them, but some post code areas are huge....