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Last active October 26, 2021 02:43
Distance between locations, given their names
loc1_name = 'Chicago' # => "Chicago"
loc2_name = 'Houston' # => "Houston"
# Get the lib with `gem install geocoder`
# it ultimately calls out to this API: http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=Chicago&language=en&sensor=false
require 'geocoder' # => true
include Math # => Object
def radians(n)
n * PI / 180 # => 0.7309109668442155, -1.5294285014482003, 0.5194174327134308, -1.664517065837707