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犹他州的街道地址采用笛卡尔坐标系。唯一的区别在于，它没有使用加减号作为前缀来指示相对于原点的方向，而是使用了南北、东西的后缀表示法。例如，一个真实的地址是：716 W 630 S, Orem, UT。在犹他州，人们会认为，在坐标 (-716, -630) 中，对任一数字进行增减，都只会使地图上的点略微移动。是的，我故意搞混了，打破了表示法的规则，但这样做是为了强迫大家用正常的笛卡尔坐标思维来思考。更严格地说，我本可以说 (716W, 930S)。但你明白我的意思，对吧？但在 maps.google.com 上试试这个。将地址改为 (716, 631)，谷歌说找不到该地址。改为 (716, 629)，它会建议你去盐湖城的一个公交车站。误差将近 30 英里。无法向谷歌报告这种误解。有人可能会争辩说谷歌的做法是正确的。但实际上，尤其是在与城市相关的未开发地区，人们会猜测一个大概的地址，期望听者会到达一个接近所说位置的地方。这比给出经纬度坐标更容易表达。但谷歌却把你带到了另一个城市？

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Utah street addressing is Cartesian. The only difference is that instead of using a pre-fix notation of plus-minus to indicate a direction from the origin, the post-fix notation North-South, East-West is used instead.So here is an actual address, 716 W 630 S, Orem, UT. A person in Utah would expect that incrementing or decrementing either of the numbers in the tuple (-716, -630) would move the point on the map only slightly.Yes, I am messing up and broke the rules of notation but did this on purpose to force the mind into normal Cartesian thinking. More strictly, I could have said (716W, 930S). But you get what I mean, right?But try this in maps.google.com. Change the address to (716, 631) and Google says it can't find the address. Change it to (716, 629) and it suggests a bus stop in Salt Lake City. An error of nearly 30 miles.There is no way to report this misunderstanding to Google.One could argue Google's approach is correct. Except that, particularly in undeveloped areas associated with a city, people will guess at an approximate address expecting that the hearer will arrive at a location close to what was stated. A bit easier to express that giving latitude and longitude coordinates. But Google takes you to another city?

犹他州的地址是笛卡尔坐标。谷歌不理解。