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Distance and Area Measure app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 9392 ratings )
Utilities Productivity Travel
Developer: TappiApps
7.99 USD
Current version: 2.6, last update: 1 year ago
First release : 04 Aug 2015
App size: 7.99 Mb

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 (m)
- Foot (ft)
- Yard (yd)
- Kilometer (km)
- Mile (mi)
- Nautical mile (nm)

Default area units include:
- Square meter (m²)
- Square foot (ft²)
- Square yard (yd²)
- Square kilometer (km²)
- Square mile (mi²)
- Square nautical mile (nm²)
- 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)