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Google Maps Line Tool Now Supports Distance Measurement

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Leszek Pawlowicz
 in Google Earth and Google Maps. Closed


The official Google LatLong blog has announced that the Google Maps line tool in MyMaps now displays the total line length as you draw it, and also adds the line length to the pop-up info box for that line:

Google Maps line tool shows distance
The latest version of Google Earth still doesn’t do that, but I have to believe that capability will be added at some point. Until then, try one of these tools for measuring path lengths in Google Earth.

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