An underrated feature in Google Maps is the ability to measure the distance between two or more points. It can aid tremendously with planning, whether you’re aiming to walk or go on a road trip.

But Google Maps has other neat features, like the ability to measure the distance between any two places. The feature is built into both the desktop and mobile versions of the app, and you can use ...

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 ...

Search Engine Land » Platforms » Google » Google Maps » Google Maps Adds Distance Measuring Feature Share Google has quietly announced on Google+ that they have added the distance-measuring ...

Sure, you could try and measure it with the distance scale at the bottom corner of your screen, but a quirk of Maps (which we originally learned of on reddit) makes estimating distances from point ...

You can measure distance on Google Maps to give you the approximate mileage between any two points (or more) that you place on the map. When using Google Maps on a computer, right-click a spot on ...

To use the option, you just need to right click anywhere on a map and select ‘Measure Distance’ and then select a destination to see the distance between two points. Additional stops ...

That's the premise behind the InstruMMents 01, a new type of measuring device from inventor Boris Barbaric. The 01 looks like a pen, and in fact can double as one, but its primary purpose is as a ...

Q: I know that Google Maps allows you to measure distances, but I can’t figure out where to find this option. A: There are so many powerful and somewhat hidden features of Google Maps and for ...