犹他州的地址是笛卡尔坐标系统的。谷歌无法理解。
犹他州的街道地址采用笛卡尔坐标系统。唯一的区别在于，犹他州使用后缀表示法（北-南，东-西）来指示相对于原点的方向，而不是使用前缀符号的正负号。
例如，这里有一个实际地址：716 W 630 S，奥勒姆，犹他州。犹他州的人会期望在这个元组（-716，-630）中增减任一数字时，地图上的位置只会稍微移动。
是的，我在这里搞错了，打破了标记规则，但这是故意的，目的是让思维回归到正常的笛卡尔思维。更严格地说，我本可以写成（716W，930S）。但你明白我的意思，对吧？
但是在 maps.google.com 上试试这个。把地址改成（716，631），谷歌会说找不到这个地址。改成（716，629），它却建议你去盐湖城的一个公交车站，误差近30英里。
没有办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。只是，特别是在与城市相关的未开发地区，人们会猜测一个大致的地址，期望听者能到达一个接近所述位置的地方。用经纬度坐标表达会简单一些。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.<p>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.<p>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?<p>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.<p>There is no way to report this misunderstanding to Google.<p>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?