Google Earth's New Tool Lets You Measure Distance Between Anything On Earth (theverge.com)

Google Earth's new Measure tool is rolling out to Android and Chrome devices that will let you measure the distance and area of things on the map. An iOS version is said to be "coming soon." The Verge reports: With the tool, users can measure the distance between two points or the surface area of a selected chunk of the map. (Now you can finally find out how far your house is from the North Pole.) Users aren't limited to simple squares, either. The Measure tool will let you select the borders of an area so it's easier to measure irregularly shaped objects like parks, buildings, or even states and countries.

Comments

Huh? That's already been a thing since forever

[Anonymous Coward]

Click the little ruler in the top bar. I can't remember that ever not being there and know for a fact it's been there for bare-minimum 5 years.