Given the following 'distances between points' dataset:

     A    B    C    D    E    F    G    H    I    J    K    L    M    
+N    O    P    Q
A:   0  
B: 633    0
C: 257  390    0
D:  91  661  228    0
E: 412  227  169  383    0
F: 150  488  112  120  267    0
G:  80  572  196   77  351   63    0
H: 134  530  154  105  309   34   29    0
I: 259  555  372  175  338  264  232  249    0
J: 505  289  262  476  196  360  444  402  495    0
K: 353  282  110  324   61  208  292  250  352  154    0
L: 324  638  437  240  421  329  297  314   95  578  435    0
M:  70  567  191   27  346   83   47   68  189  439  287  254    0
N: 211  466   74  182  243  105  150  108  326  336  184  391  145    
+0
O: 268  420   53  239  199  123  207  165  383  240  140  448  202   5
+7    0
P: 246  745  472  237  528  364  332  349  202  685  542  157  289  42
+6  483    0
Q: 121  518  142   84  297   35   29   36  236  390  238  301   55   9
+6  153  336    0

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Convert those 'as the crow flies' distances into a set of 2D plane coordinates for plotting.

How? Pointers; existing software; (that runs on Windows); modules; anything considered.

(What have I tried so far? I haven't. I've just started thinking about it and am hoping for cluebats to set my approach.)

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