milage measurment puzzle

[Raceworx]

right just one of those questions you dont realy need to know the answer to but it would be nice to know....

when you driving down the road and the sign says london 78miles london itself is huge.. where is that 78 miles measured from??? are they measured from the same points in all towns? like outside the city hall?? is it the same point as old roman road signs are meassured from?

anybody have the definitive answer???

 

[fraz_micra_88]

to the center of the city int it?

 

[danmicra]

im sure james will know!

 

[sonic]

according to the aa maps, london is centered at whitehall

 

[hughes_16v]

its measured from the town center iirc

 

[Raceworx]

but what designates the city centre?? its just somthing i thought about the ther day

 

[fraz_micra_88]

when the guy was makin the city he said i want the center ...........................................here!! lol good question wat does make it the center?

 

[Dusk]

It would have to be the main retail area afaik.

 

[rlees85]

if you think of the city as a big funny shaped blob (like how it looks on the map)

then work out the funny blobs "centre of gravity" (very maths-ish)


and then theres the centre

 

[Zephyr]

hmmm imo i think its to the junction 4 the city not the centre...

 

[Craig]

No, it is avtually to the city centre, but where it is measured from is anybody's guess

 

[Alienfish360]

I thought it was measured to the town/city hall?

 

[Raceworx]

i see my questoin is still unaswerd someone must know!!

 

[runaway-robot]

drive to the sign, reset ur mileage.. and keep driving till u get to 78 miles lol done!

 

[Robert]

wasnt somethign similar to this on tv a whiel back? trying to find the center of britain..

In the end i think it was where the center of gravity is, as said.

If that has any relevance..

 

[widemouth]

Morton, Derbyshire is the centre of England.:k11motors

 

[Alienfish360]

but where abouts in Morton, Derbyshire!

haha

 

[widemouth]

lol...on the sign by the tree...

 

[Alienfish360]

the middle letter on the sign?

 

[detox]

hmmm imo i think its to the junction 4 the city not the centre...

yer that is what i thourt it is 78miles till the juntion to get to london! or known as juntion 4 (from some directions)