DISTANCEFROMTO
Distancefromto is a simple and easy to use Google Maps application that measures distance between two locations on a map. Distance is measured on the fly in miles and kilometers by dynamically dragging markers to desired locations or typing in locations names for the from and to inputs. The application comes with an inbuilt geocoder, [...]
What’s the most wired city in the United States ?Do not guess, you might end up getting the wrong one.
Surprisingly, its Atlanta. This is the result of a survey by Forbes.com for the Most Wired Cities in America for the year 2008. It is mentioned that their calculations were based on three factors – the [...]
Forbes.com has an article on the 20 most earthquake vulnerable cities in the world, of which a large number belong to developing countries. GeoHazards International, a non-profit organization identified cities across the world that are at a higher risk of seismic calamities, by considering variables such as building frailty, emergency preparedness, potential for land slides [...]
Here’s an interesting fact: 41% of American adults over 18 are unmarried (single). Being single doesn’t necessarily mean living alone as 9.8 million single Americans lived with an opposite sex partner in 2005. With more and more people in America spending almost half of their lives staying single, the “single” status has become more of [...]
Moscow remains the world’s most expensive city for the second consecutive year followed by London in the second spot which climbed three places since last year. Out of the eight Asian cities that made into the top fifty, Seoul leads the list at third place falling one short of its last year position.
These are the [...]
Seattle heads the list of brainiest cities in the United States, with more than half of its residents aged twenty-five and older holding a bachelor’s degree.
Seattle, being the host to headquarters of major IT firms, has been alluring the smart people from the rest of the country.
Here’s a Google Map of the top 25 smartest [...]