The long jump is measured from the front of the jump board to the closes point in the sand that the jumper touches the sand in a straight line.
17000000000000000 miles long
48000 miles
On a straight line, those would be some 3,200 Km (1,989 miles)
The straight line distance from Minneapolis to Long Beach is 1530 miles ref: http://www.indo.com/distance/
The knot and line float was used to measure the ships speed. They threw the line out and measured how long it took for the float to travel from bow to stern. Sometimes it was measured by knots in the float line.
Horizontal width 86 miles, vertical length 31 miles. These are point to point straight line measurements
Distance in miles is equal to 600. Distance in kilometers is 965. I am sure this is in a straight line.
The approx distance between London and Hastings in a straight line is 55 miles or 88.5 KM
Length cannot be measured in square miles.
The straight line distance between Phoenix and Pearl Harbor is approximately 2911 miles or 4685 kilometers.
Space cannot be measured. There is no known end to it.