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An underrated feature in Google Maps is the ability to measure the distance between two or more points. It can aid tremendously with planning, whether you’re aiming to walk or go on a road trip.

Google Earth is getting a new Measure tool today that will let you — you guessed it — measure the distance and area of things on the map. With the tool, users can measure the distance between two ...

Google Earth on iOS has been updated with one of the most requested features: a measurement tool. Announced in a blog post, Google shared that after previously coming to Chrome and Android, it has ...

Google released an update to Google Earth today that allows you to measure the distance between two locations or the square feet of an area. Now when you get into an argument with a friend about how ...

Q: Google Maps gives the mileage between places based on driving directions on the available highways, but is there a way to calculate the distance between two towns “as the crow flies”? A: The ...

Marrian Zhou is a Beijing-born Californian living in New York City. She joined CNET as a staff reporter upon graduation from Columbia Journalism School. When Marrian is not reporting, she is probably ...