When you need to find the distance between two locations or want general directions to get from point A to point B, Google Maps simplifies the process.

Real life situations such as travelling over time and across distance can be drawn on a graph. Exact distances and times are plotted on the graph. These are shown as co-ordinates. These points are ...

In algorithms, as in life, negativity can be a drag. Consider the problem of finding the shortest path between two points on a graph — a network of nodes connected by links, or edges. Often, these ...

With Google Maps, you can measure the approximate distance between two points. Here's how to use the navigation feature.

If you wanted to simply measure between two points on the map, you had to rely on the tiny distance marker in Maps’ legend, using that to trace a distance on your own.