This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow flies). It also provides a map showing the two places, using the Xerox PARC Map Server.

The following query formats are allowed; for example:
Salt Lake City, UT
40:26:26N 79:59:46W
London, England
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