# Distance and Area Measure — draw lines and shapes on map

> draw lines and shapes on map (iPhone/iPad app by TappiApps.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/distance-and-area-measure/id1020844099 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [TappiApps](https://appshunter.io/developer/549016746)
- Category: Productivity, Travel
- Price: $7.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: Russian, Bulgarian, Hindi, Persian, Slovenian, Vietnamese, American English, Arabic, Hungarian, Dutch and 27 more
- Released: 2015-08-04
- Data updated: 2026-08-24
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/distance-and-area-measure/id1020844099/reviews.md

## What is Distance and Area Measure?

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)


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.8 — 2026-08-22

- Translation improvements for several languages.
- Minor bug fixes and layout changes.
- Improved support for newer devices and operating systems.

### 2.7 — 2025-12-02

- Better support for newer devices and operating systems.
- Improved support for landscape and splitscreen.
- Minor bug fixes and UI adjustments.

### 2.6 — 2022-08-01

Compatibility fix for newer iOS versions.

Please send crash reports if crashes occur.
Please contact the developer via email if you have questions or notice any errors or issues.

### 2.5 — 2020-09-10

- Better support for dark theme and new devices.
- Minor interface and layout changes.
- Bug fixes for the recently added UTM and MGRS coordinate formats.

Please send crash reports if crashes occur.
Please contact the developer via email if you have questions or notice any errors or issues.

### 2.4 — 2020-05-31

- Several error corrections and interface adjustments
- Better multilingual support

Please send crash reports if crashes occur.

Please contact the developer via email if you have questions or notice any errors or issues.

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