How to measure distance in Google Maps on your computer. The first thing to check is if you’re using Maps in Lite mode.If there’s a lightning bolt at the bottom of your screen, you’re in ...

Measuring distances "as the crow flies" on Google Maps just got easier with a hidden feature in the mobile app. While most ...

How to measure distance with Google Maps on desktop. The character’s journey at the Sacre Coeur, so I went to the web version of Google Maps to chart a more complex journey.

On your smartphone. Open Google Maps, then touch and hold on the location you want to measure from, which should create a ‘Dropped pin’. Swipe up on the description section at the bottom and ...

Google has quietly announced on Google+ that they have added the distance-measuring feature to the new version of Google Maps. The feature allows you to draw points on Google Maps to see how far ...

On the place’s page, scroll down and choose Measure distance. Move the map so that the black circle, or crosshairs, is on the next point you want to add. At the bottom right, tap Add.

Choose Measure distance from the pin's details page. Dave Johnson 5. When the pop-up disappears, move the map until the target is positioned over the new location where you want to measure.

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 ...

Measuring distance with Google Maps is one of the app’s useful but well-hidden features. Here’s how to do it on both desktop and mobile devices.

Google Maps just added a Labs feature that provides as-the-crow-flies distances in miles, kilometers, football fields, PostScript points, and more. Head to your Google Maps Labs settings and ...