Google Earth allows you to measure the distance between two points on the Earth, as well as the circumference of a circular section of the ground — or even the elevation of a mountain. But in order to ...

Open earth.google.com. Go to Tools > Measurement. Click on the starting point. Hover your mouse and click on the endpoint. Head to the Measure pop-up box. To learn more about these steps, continue ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. With Measure, you can measure basically anything that’s on Google Earth. For example, you can get the distance ...

Only a few years ago, Google Earth was the only practical way to see all of Google’s satellite and 3D imagery. These days, Google Maps pretty much offers all of the mapping features that casual users ...

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 ...

Google Earth now has a measurement tool that lets you measure both distance and area. The new tool is available now on Chrome and Android and is “coming soon” to iOS. Straight-line distance from one ...

Not content to simply measure kitchen tables using augmented reality anymore, Google is thinking bigger. A lot bigger. The latest update to Google Earth is the ability to measure the distance between ...

Google announced it will make its Measure tool available for Google Earth. The tool lets you measure the distance between two points, as well as the length, width ...

It’s Monday afternoon and Google has given you a reason to waste some of your precious workday in Google Earth. The more Google improves its useful Maps service, the fewer excuses people have for ...

A new method for quantifying grandeur is reshuffling the pecking order of the planet’s most impressive peaks. Turns out ...

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