>>>>Values within 40,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) are considered tied.<<<
new rules for sports = in baseball scores within 2 runs are considered tied, in football scores with differential of less than 7 are considered tied, in bowling scored less than 10 pins different are considered tied......
in laymans terms this ice measuring stuff is NOT SCIENCE, the results are what we declare them to be NOT the actual results.