// template version 1.15
using namespace std;
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

// varibable settings
#define int long long
const int INF=1e18;

// define basic macro {{{
#define _overload3(_1,_2,_3,name,...) name
#define _rep(i,n) repi(i,0,n)
#define repi(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)(a);i<(int)(b);++i)
#define rep(...) _overload3(__VA_ARGS__,repi,_rep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define _rrep(i,n) rrepi(i,0,n)
#define rrepi(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)((b)-1);i>=(int)(a);--i)
#define rrep(...) _overload3(__VA_ARGS__,rrepi,_rrep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define each(i,a) for (auto&& i : a)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define sz(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define pb(a) push_back(a)
#define mp(a, b) make_pair(a, b)
#define mt(a, b, c) make_tuple(a, b, c)
#define divceil(a,b) ((a)+(b)-1)/(b)
#define is_in(x, a, b) ((a)<=(x) && (x)<(b))
#define uni(x) sort(all(x));x.erase(unique(all(x)),x.end())
#define ub upper_bound
#define lb lower_bound
#define posl(A, x) (lower_bound(all(A), x)-A.begin())
#define posu(A, x) (upper_bound(all(A),x)-A.begin())
template<class T> inline void chmax(T &a, const T &b) { if((a) < (b)) (a) = (b); }
template<class T> inline void chmin(T &a, const T &b) { if((a) > (b)) (a) = (b); }

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef tuple<int,int,int> iii;

template<typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
struct Fast { Fast(){ std::cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); } } fast;

#if defined(PCM) || defined(LOCAL)
  #include "lib/dump.hpp"
#else
  #define dump(...) 42
  #define dump_1d(...) 42
  #define dump_2d(...) 42
#endif
//}}}

using Pos = int;  // TODO: update if needed
using Cost = int;  // TODO: update if needed
Cost zerocost = 0LL;  // TODO: update if needed
Cost infcost = INF;  // TODO: update if needed

struct Edge {
  Pos to;
  Cost cost;
  Edge(Pos to, Cost cost): to(to), cost(cost) {
  }
};
struct Graph{/*{{{*/
  int n; // 頂点数
  // unordered_map<Pos, vector<Edge>> all_edges;
  vector<vector<Edge>> all_edges;
  Graph(int n) : n(n){
    all_edges.resize(n);
  }

  void add_edge(Pos from, Pos to, Cost cost){
    all_edges[from].emplace_back(to, cost);
  }

  auto operator[](Pos pos){
    return all_edges[pos];
  }

  // struct Dist {
  //   unordered_map<Pos, Cost> data;
  //   Cost operator[](Pos pos){
  //     if (data.find(pos)!=data.end()) return data[pos];
  //     else                      return infcost;
  //   }
  // };
  using Dist = vector<int>;
  Dist dijkstra(Pos start){
    Dist d(n, INF);  // 最短距離
    PQ<pair<Cost, Pos>> pq;
    pq.push(mp(zerocost, start));
    while (!pq.empty()){
      auto cp = pq.top(); pq.pop();
      auto cost = cp.first;
      auto u = cp.second;
      if (cost < d[u]) {
        d[u] = cost;
        for (const auto &edge: all_edges[u]){
          int v = edge.to;
          int ncost = cost+edge.cost;
          if (ncost < d[v]) pq.push(mp(ncost, v));
        }
      }
    }
    return d;
  }

  Dist bfs(vector<Pos> starts){
    Dist d(n, INF);  // 最短距離
    queue<pair<Cost, Pos>> pq;
    each(start, starts) pq.push(mp(zerocost, start));
    while (!pq.empty()){
      auto cp = pq.front(); pq.pop();
      auto cost = cp.first;
      auto u = cp.second;
      dump(cost, d[u]);
      if (cost < d[u]) {
        d[u] = cost;
        for (const auto &edge: all_edges[u]){
          dump("hi");
          int v = edge.to;
          int ncost = cost+edge.cost;
          if (ncost < d[v]){
            pq.push(mp(ncost, v));
          }
        }
      }
    }
    return d;
  }
};/*}}}*/

signed main() {
  int h,w;cin>>h>>w;
  vvi block(h, vi(w));
  vi starts;
  rep(i, h){
    string s;cin>>s;
    rep(j, w){
      block[i][j] = (s[j]=='.'?0:1);
      if (block[i][j]) starts.pb(i*w+j);
    }
  }

  int n = h*w;
  Graph G(n);
  int di[]={1, -1, 0, 0};
  int dj[]={0, 0, 1, -1};
  rep(i, h)rep(j, w){
    int u = i*w+j;
    rep(k, 4){
      int ni = i+di[k];
      int nj = j+dj[k];
      int v = ni*w + nj;
      if (is_in(ni, 0, h) && is_in(nj, 0, w)){
        dump("connected", u, v);
        G.add_edge(u, v, 1);
      }
    }
  }

  auto d = G.bfs(starts);
  int ans = 0;
  rep(i, h*w){
    dump(i, d[i]);
    chmax(ans, d[i]);
  }
  cout << ans << endl;

  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 165992