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. By typing in two different locations, Google ...

Google Maps lets you measure distance between two or more points "as the crow flies" with a couple mouse clicks or taps on your phone.

To warm up with bc, here's a simple command-line way to calculate one of these values: echo "scale=8; -87.640404 * ( 3.14159265 / 180)" | bc That's all well and good, but it turns out that the ...