Distances in a straight line
Quick find:
FLIGHT DURATION
Approx. hoursand minutes
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Usage of buttons on the right side
- Adjust map on route: Auto zoom for optimized route display on the map
- Hide/Show points: Toggle between hiding and showing all points of the route
- Remove last point: Remove each time the last point of the route
- RESET: Removal of all points and the entre route from the map and reset map to default state
General user instructions
- Navigate on the map and click on it for the desired point
- Alternatively, you can use the quick find option to get to a larger area (by inserting the area, an address, or even a (geo lat, geo long) pair) and to then click on the specific desired point
- After clicking on the first point, you can repeat the process to click on any other number of points of interest
- The total distance in a straight line between the points chosen appears each time on the right side of the screen after adding each point at a time
- Ability to display the distance in km, miles and nautical miles
- The service also offers a flight time estimation for the route which is created (the estimation is based on the average speed of a passenger jet)
- As many points as possible can be placed, so as a route of interest to be comprised
- At any time you can "lift" and move points and all calculations will be automatically adjusted (distance and flight time)
Examples for using the service
Distance calculation between 2 points in a straight line
In the example below, it can be seen that the straight line distance between Athens and Volos is 168,3 klm.
Distance calculation between multiple points
If we proceed in roughly comprising the driving distance between Athens and Volos, then we get a total distance of 301,1 klm.
For a much more accurate calculation of driving distances, we recommend you use the apostaseis.gr driving distance service.
Distance calculation taking into consideration earth's curvature
The straight line distance calculation service always takes into consideration the curvature of the earth, therefore for example, you can see the route which an airplane follows to cover the distance Athens - San Francisco, where the total straight line distance is 10935 klm.
Flight time calculation
The current service is also providing an estimation for the flight time required to cover a selected distance. In the previous example of the Athens - San Francisco distance, you will notice that the flight duration is roughly 12 hours and 40 minutes.
Local distances calculation
In a local level you can also measure how much for instance your house is located vs a point of interest, e.g. the distance of the Athens College track shown below, is 400 meters (0.4 klm).
