Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Lignite) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Lignite. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 63.9094, Longitude: -149.0183 In this case, the coordinates for Lignite have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).