Distance and Area Measure

Distance and Area Measure
Developer: TappiApps
Category: Productivity

Distance and Area Measure Summary

Distance and Area Measure is a mobile iOS app in Productivity by TappiApps. Released in Aug 2015 (10 years ago). Store metadata: updated Dec 2, 2025.

Store info: Last updated on App Store on Dec 2, 2025 .


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App 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)