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Measure distance and areas
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- Key areas of Digimap for Schools
- About the maps
- Navigating in Digimap for Schools
- Search
- Map selector
- View map keys
- Capture geographic coordinates
- Overlays
- View the compass
- Measure distance and areas
- Add text
- Add markers
- Add lines
- Add photos
- Add shapes
- Add buffers
- Add your own data
- Delete drawings
- Modify drawings
- Save maps
- Print maps
- Map information
- View Geograph images
- Edit your preferences
Measure distance and areas
Distance
- Open the Measurement Tools menu in the sidebar.
- Select the measure distance button.
- Click or tap once on the map, at the point where you want to start measuring.
- Click or tap at the next point of your line.
- Continue adding points until you reach your last point.
- Double click or double tap to end your line.
- Your distance is displayed in the map window and in the measurement tools menu.
Area
- Open the Measurement Tools menu in the sidebar.
- Select the measure area button.
- Click or tap once on the map to place the first point of the area you wish to measure.
- Now move round the area, clicking or tapping to create each point.
- Double click or tap at the last point.
- The total area will be displayed in the map window and in the Measurement Tools menu.