An underrated feature in Google Maps is the ability to measure the distance between two or more points. It can aid tremendously with planning, whether you’re aiming to walk or go on a road trip.

We see lightning practically at the same moment that it occurs because the flash travels at the speed of light, approximately 186,000 miles per second. Thunder, on the other hand, travels much more ...

Last month, I closed this column with a script that can return latitude/longitude values for two addresses, with the intent ultimately being to have the script calculate the distance between those two ...

I'm working on modernizing a massive property description the describes the entire perimeter of a city by transiting through two points.<BR><BR>I can easily calculate where these two points are on a ...

Two years ago the sports world was abuzz with talk of a race for the ages: Usain Bolt, world record holder in the 100 meter dash, against Mo Farah, the reigning Olympic champion at 5,000 and 10,000 ...