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Google Earth Geography 101

Xah Lee, 2006-11-24

The following are some distances in numbers, so that, you get a sense of how far.

• Shanghai, China to Buenos Aires, Argentina (roughly semi-circumference of Earth): 20k km.
• San Francisco to New York (US coast to coast): 4200 km.
• San Francisto to Tokyo: 8270 km.
• NY to London: 5580 km.
• San Francisto to Shanghai: 9880 km.
• Australia side to side: 4000 km.
• San Francisco to Haiwaii: 3850 km.
• Haiwaii to Japan: 6000 km.
• San Francisco to Los Angeles: 545 km.
• England top to bottom: 930 km.
• Taiwan top to bottom: 380 km.

• Cruise missile range: 1000 km. ( AGM-129 = 3000 km) .
• Intercontinental ballistic missile range: up to 10 000 km or more.

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