Distance from Mom

[Copper]

From Smithfield, VA to Boston, MA

Via I-95 623 miles

Via I-84 617 miles - interesting, the Boston Area Code

[Doctor Phibes]

3142 give or take.

[Jolly]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Distance from Mom:

3142 give or take.

BTW, saw this and was surprised...

Link to video

[Axtremus]

Do you measure the distance as a straight line through the Earth or trace a path on the surface?

[Doctor Phibes]

@Jolly said in Distance from Mom:

@Doctor-Phibes said in Distance from Mom:

3142 give or take.

BTW, saw this and was surprised...

Link to video

Wow, who'd have thunk it? Once I've retired that would be a great way to visit. Although the actual prices aren't as low as he's quoting, it still looks pretty reasonable, about $1150 one way, which is roughly what we pay for a return flight.

[jon-nyc]

@Axtremus said in Distance from Mom:

Do you measure the distance as a straight line through the Earth or trace a path on the surface?

What maps app do you use?

[xenon]

100

[Horace]

My parents moved away when I was in my early 20s. I’m pretty much like an orphan in a Dickens book.

[Axtremus]

@jon-nyc said in Distance from Mom:

@Axtremus said in Distance from Mom:

Do you measure the distance as a straight line through the Earth or trace a path on the surface?

What maps app do you use?

Regardless of map apps, consider one whose mother is living on the opposite side of Earth, the difference of their distances between a straight line through Earth and tracing a path on the surface of Earth may be off by a factor of π.

[Klaus]

@Axtremus said in Distance from Mom:

Regardless of map apps, consider one whose mother is living on the opposite side of Earth, the difference of their distances between a straight line through Earth and tracing a path on the surface of Earth may be off by a factor of π.

π/2.

[Klaus]

400 miles in her last years.