#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <vector>
#include <complex>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <iomanip>
#include <assert.h>
#include <array>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <random>
#include <functional>
#include <numeric>
#include <bitset>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

#define REP(i,a,b) for(int i=a;i<(int)b;i++)
#define rep(i,n) REP(i,0,n)
#define all(c) (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define zero(a) memset(a, 0, sizeof a)
#define minus(a) memset(a, -1, sizeof a)
#define watch(a) { cout << #a << " = " << a << endl; }
template<class T1, class T2> inline bool minimize(T1 &a, T2 b) { return b < a && (a = b, 1); }
template<class T1, class T2> inline bool maximize(T1 &a, T2 b) { return a < b && (a = b, 1); }

typedef long long ll;
int const inf = 1<<29;

int dx[4] = {-1,0,1,0};
int dy[4] = {0,-1,0,1};
template<class T> constexpr bool in_range(T y, T x, T H, T W) { return 0<=y&&y<H&&0<=x&&x<W; }

int main() {

  int H, W; cin >> H >> W;
  vector<string> G(H + 2, string(W + 2, '.'));
  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    scanf("%c", &G[i+1][j+1]);
  }

  H += 2, W += 2;

  priority_queue<tuple<int, int, int, int, int>> q;

  vector<vector<int>> dist(H, vector<int>(W, inf));

  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    if(G[i][j] == '.') {
      q.push({0, i, j, i, j});
      dist[i][j] = 0;
    }
  }

  while(!q.empty()) {
    int c, y, x, sy, sx; tie(c, y, x, sy, sx) = q.top(); q.pop();
    rep(k, 4) {
      int ny = y + dy[k], nx = x + dx[k];
      if(!in_range(ny, nx, H, W)) continue;
      if(G[ny][nx] == '.') {
        if(dist[ny][nx] == 0) continue;
        dist[ny][nx] = 0;
        q.push({0, ny, nx, sy, sx});
      }
      else if(dist[ny][nx] > max(abs(ny - sy), abs(nx - sx))) {
        dist[ny][nx] = max(abs(ny - sy), abs(nx - sx));
        q.push({dist[ny][nx], ny, nx, sy, sx});
      }
    }
  }

  int max = 0;

  rep(i, H) rep(j, W) {
    maximize(max, dist[i][j]);
  }

  cout << max << endl;
  
  return 0;
}