Measure Tool

To measure the area of a polygon (also known as a footprint), follow these steps:

1. Click the Area measure tool.

2. Choose your desired units using the drop-down.

   

3. Bring your cursor into the map.

4. Click once to start the measurement.

5. Continue to click the perimeter of the area you want to measure. Each click updates the shape and the current area measurement.

   TIP: You can still zoom and pan the map while measuring. To zoom, use your mouse wheel. To pan, click and hold to drag the map into position.

6. Double-click your last point to finish the measurement.

7. If you are done measuring, click the Measure tool once to turn it off.

Animated Demonstration

To measure the linear distance between two or more points, click the Distance Measurement   tool, then click once on the map to start the measurement:

• If you want to measure between two points, double-click at the endpoint.

• If you want to measure between more than two points, continue single clicking in the map, and double-click at the endpoint to stop the measurement.

  TIP: You can still zoom and pan the map while measuring. To pan, click and hold to drag the map into position.

• After double-clicking, that sequence of measurement is over. To start a new measurement, click once somewhere on the map.

• Click the unit of measure drop-down to change the unit of measure.

• View a running total of the distance being measured under Measurement Result:

  

To stop measuring, click the Distance Measurement tool to toggle it off.

To measure distances using geographic coordinates, click the Location Measurement   tool.

• The application immediately begins tracking the geographic location of the cursor on the map.

  

• Click once in the map for a starting point. Since the cursor is at the exact location where you clicked, the latitude and longitude are the same until you move the cursor.

  

• As you move the cursor around on the map, the cursor's latitude and longitude location change accordingly.

  

  TIP: You can still zoom and pan the map while measuring. To pan, click and hold to drag the map into position.

• At this point, if you click once in the map, the green Location  icon moves to that location, which becomes the new starting point.

• Click the coordinate drop-down to change between decimal degrees and degrees, minutes, seconds.

To stop placing coordinate points, click the Location Measurement tool to toggle it off.

You can print out the results of any Distance or Location measurement that you perform. After you perform the measurement, click the Print button.