Google Earth is getting a new Measure tool today that will let you — you guessed it — measure the distance and area of things on the map. With the tool, users can measure the distance between two ...

Remember how, if you wanted to measure distance between two places, you’d have to either a) spend the next half hour searching the App Store for a non-hideous free app that wouldn’t be too frustrating ...

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Google brought back a fun feature in Google Maps that was not yet available in the new version of Google Maps - the ability to draw lines on Google Maps and figure out the distance of that drawing on ...

Google Maps now gives users the ability to measure the distance between two or more locations simply my placing markers down on a map. The feature, available only in Maps on the web for now, lets ...

Google Earth on iOS has been updated with one of the most requested features: a measurement tool. Announced in a blog post, Google shared that after previously coming to Chrome and Android, it has ...

Measuring geodesic distance—that's distance as the crow flies, or the literal shortest route between two points—on Google Maps long required an oddly analog approach: You looked at the map’s scale and ...

I suddenly got the idea of re-coating a garage roof while at Yorktowne Roofing & Siding Inc., but I hadn't taken any measurements for square footage of coverage so I used this free handy Android app ...

Measuring distances “as the crow flies” on Google Maps just got easier with a hidden feature in the mobile app. While most users rely on Google Maps for navigation routes, this direct line measurement ...