Trying to figure out the “as the crow flies” distance between two points using Google Maps is simple if you know where to look. With a few clicks on your computer or taps on your phone, Google Maps ...

Google Earth allows you to measure the distance between two points on the Earth, as well as the circumference of a circular section of the ground — or even the elevation of a mountain. But in order to ...

Ever thought your GPS system said you’d gone further than you expected? A new study dives into the statistics behind the satellite-based positioning service—and finds that overestimates in distance ...

Pythagoras' theorem close Pythagoras' theoremPythagoras's theorem applies to right-angled triangles. The area of the square drawn on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares drawn on the ...