{"id":6486,"date":"2021-11-12T15:02:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/kb\/uncategorized\/measurement-tools\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T15:02:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T14:02:48","slug":"measurement-tools","status":"publish","type":"knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/usemaps-documentation\/definitions\/measurement-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Measurement Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Measurement tool \u2013 the common ruler \u2013 consists of four parts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Area measurement<\/li>\n<li>Distance measurement<\/li>\n<li>Circle measurement<\/li>\n<li>Dimensioning<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4196 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/miarka_2-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/miarka_2-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/miarka_2-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/miarka_2-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/miarka_2.jpg 1388w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Description of operation<\/h4>\n<p>The tools are quite intuitive to use:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Select the tool from the Tools Panel<\/li>\n<li>Click on the map to take a measurement in the area of interest<\/li>\n<li>Double-click to finish the measurement<\/li>\n<li>The tool is closed by clicking the icon on the toolbar again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 800px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6486-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pomiary.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pomiary.mp4\">https:\/\/usemaps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pomiary.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note regarding map dimensions: <\/strong>The dimensions shown on the map are for reference only. The map uses the Web Mercator coordinate system, which may slightly distort actual proportions, especially over large areas and at higher latitudes.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that the actual coordinate system used in the database may differ, depending on the implementation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Measurement tool \u2013 the common ruler \u2013 consists of four parts: Area measurement Distance measurement Circle measurement Dimensioning Description of operation The tools are quite intuitive to use: Select the tool from the Tools Panel Click on the map to take a measurement in the area of interest Double-click to finish the measurement The tool [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","knowledgebase_cat":[83],"knowledgebase_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6486","knowledgebase","type-knowledgebase","status-publish","hentry","knowledgebase_cat-definitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledgebase"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase\/6486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_cat?post=6486"},{"taxonomy":"knowledgebase_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usemaps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledgebase_tag?post=6486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}