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Instructions for finding Distance using Google Maps and Wolfram Alpha
1) First you should find the place in Google Maps. Right-click and select “What’s here?” You should see a green arrow now on the location. In the search bar it will leave some coordinates, which are the very precise latitude and longitude of the place. Copy these coordinates.
Instructions for finding Distance using Google Maps and Wolfram Alpha
1) First you should find the place in Google Maps. Right-click and select “What’s here?” You should see a green arrow now on the location. In the search bar it will leave some coordinates, which are the very precise latitude and longitude of the place. Copy these coordinates.
2) Next, go to Wolfram Alpha, and paste the coordinates as follows (and shown in the picture below):
distance from (35.528149 N,108.654796 W) to (35.52855 N, 108.656035 W)
Make sure you change +/- to N/S or E/W otherwise Wolfram Alpha will simply plot them as points and find the distance. You’ll have to go back to Google Maps to select the other point and find the other set of coordinates.
distance from (35.528149 N,108.654796 W) to (35.52855 N, 108.656035 W)
Make sure you change +/- to N/S or E/W otherwise Wolfram Alpha will simply plot them as points and find the distance. You’ll have to go back to Google Maps to select the other point and find the other set of coordinates.
One cool thing that Wolfram Alpha does is gives the distance is a number of different measurements. And I’m not just talking about m, km, feet, inches, etc., but it gives crazy ones like “times the traditional length of Noah’s Ark” or “about the height of the world’s tallest tree” or “Light travel time in a vacuum” or “Maximum distance visible from that height”.
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