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June 21, 2010

Distance Measurement in Google Maps Labs

Google Maps Labs added a feature that used to be available as a mapplet: distance measurement tool. After enabling the Labs feature, you'll notice a small ruler at the bottom of the map. Click on the ruler and you'll be able to use the distance measurement tool by clicking on the map and tracing the path you want to measure.


If you click on "I'm feeling geeky", you'll be able to pick from a long list of measurement units, including light-year, parsec, PostScript points, Olympic swimming pools, American footbal fields, Persian cubits and more.
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  1. productsonsaleJune 21, 2010 at 4:35 PM

    Nice tip. Easier to inform the customers the place of your location. Thanks

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  2. AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    Thanks for the heads-up on this new lab!

    BTW, I like the sharing buttons you added to the posts, I hadn't noticed them before.

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  3. AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 7:12 PM

    So I looked for it today, not realizing it wasn't supposed to be there, and found it and used it, never realizing what had just happened.

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  4. AnonymousJune 21, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    This mapplet has been available for a long time. I think I first used it nearly 2 years ago. Guess it was time they added it to Google Maps Labs.

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  5. AnonymousJune 22, 2010 at 12:51 AM

    The "I'm feeling geeky" link is not available in the norwegian Google Maps version :(

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  6. AnonymousJuly 2, 2010 at 10:21 PM

    Well its not working under firefox, anyone know how to install it?

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  7. AnonymousJuly 4, 2010 at 12:20 PM

    The feature has been available in maps.bing.com, or its predecessor, maps.live.com for several years now.

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  8. Alex ChituJuly 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM

    Don't worry, it was available in Google Maps too. It was an option in "My Maps" and a featured mapplet.

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  9. Henry NorrAugust 14, 2010 at 8:24 AM

    I'm trying to determine the distance to a BART stop, but the measurement tool doesn't register it when I click on the BART symbol on the map - instead, I get the popup window with the schedule info. I can solve the problem by clicking near and not on the symbol, but there ought to be a way to tell it I want the distance, not the schedule (especially when it's the second click - it already registered my start point in the distance measurement pane).

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  10. edwardFebruary 27, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    Totally bogus instructions. The only "ruler" at the bottom of the map is the scale bar and the only thing that happens when you click on it is you pan the map.

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    1. Alex ChituFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:41 AM

      The post is from 2010, things change, especially when it comes to Google. Mapplets are no longer available, but you can use the Google Maps Labs feature. Click "Labs" at the bottom of the Maps page and enable the "Distant Measurement Tool".

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    2. GISBjbSeptember 13, 2012 at 9:05 AM

      However the Distant measurement tool TOTALLY "disappears" as you zoom in to image view. I needed to measure the distance between a meter and a fire hydrant.

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  11. Usman AfzalApril 27, 2012 at 5:12 AM

    how can i finp meassuring tool in google maps

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  12. AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 10:59 AM

    Here is the app with many different measure features (area, distance, angles measurements on Google Maps with different units):
    http://bit.ly/LUDMM0

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  13. AnonymousDecember 9, 2012 at 11:45 PM

    Does not work. At all. Not on Firefox. Not even on Google Chrome, which is just sad.

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  14. UnknownJanuary 29, 2013 at 6:12 AM

    yesterday I deleted map now I want to reinstal that map how and where can get it.


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