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Automatically calculate distance using polylines (umap)

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Hi! Is it possible Umap calculates distances while drawing lines and polygons? I know this function from share.mapbbcode.org and Google Maps.

To creating hiking paths etc. distances are crucial.

Kind regards!

asked 27 Dec '15, 13:51

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The measuring tool (toolbox "more" on the left hand side, select ruler icon) displays the distance in km. You can't directly draw lines with it, but you can display distances of lines drawn with the line drawing tool.

answered 28 Dec '15, 13:23

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edited 29 Dec '15, 08:45

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Hi Simon,

Thank you for your response! I think I missed that function. It works perfectly :)

Cheers!

(02 Jan '16, 19:39) marque

Source code available on GitHub .