# Distance and Area Measure

> draw lines and shapes on map

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1020844099](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1020844099)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1020844099`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TappiApps
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Version:** 2.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-22
- **First published:** 2015-08-04
- **Size:** 6.54 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/distance-and-area-measure/id1020844099)
- **Website:** [http://tappiapps.com/distanceAndAreaMeasure/ios/](http://tappiapps.com/distanceAndAreaMeasure/ios/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://tappiapps.com/aff/distanceAndAreaMeasurePro/privacyPolicyIos.html](http://tappiapps.com/aff/distanceAndAreaMeasurePro/privacyPolicyIos.html)

## Description

Measure land, roads, parks, countries, lakes, etc from a satellite view.  Calculates distances, areas, and perimeters.

Features that this application offers that most competitors do not:
- Add custom distance and area units.
- Draw interior polygons.  For example, land area with bodies of water removed.
- Add a point to the middle of a path (Most only allow you to add to the end of the path) Tap to add to the end of a path.  Long press to add to the middle of a path.
- Swap two points in a path or polygon.
- Add your current location from GPS receiver.

Features:
- 3 map layer options
- Export and import .kml files via Dropbox, iCloud, email, etc
- Pins are draggable and manually editable
- Name, notes, and color fields for each path and polygon
- Email or text message path and polygon data
- 4 verbosity modes.  See only the information that you want to see
- Search by postal code, city, address, etc
- Get addresses near point on map

4 drawing modes:
- Path
- Polygon
- Polygon with hollow spaces inside
- No edit mode (to prevent accidental edits)

Values displayed for paths:
- Total distance
- Incremental distance for each waypoint

Values displayed for polygons:
- Area
- Perimeter
- Distance for each side

Add points to a path or polygon in 1 of 4 ways:
- Tap on the map
- Use current location
- Enter coordinates manually
- Import .kml file

Default distance units include:
- Meter
- Foot
- Yard
- Kilometer
- Mile
- Nautical mile

Default area units include:
- Square meter
- Square foot
- Square yard
- Square kilometer
- Square mile
- Square nautical mile
- Square acre
- Square hectare

Coordinate formats:
- Degrees
- Degrees, minutes
- Degrees, minutes, seconds
- UTM / UPS (Universal Transverse Mercator) / (Universal Polar Stereographic)
- MGRS (Military Grid Reference System)

## Rankings

- #1,485,910 — Overall

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1020844099)