How-to · Map

How to draw and measure on the map

Drawing puts shapes on the map that are saved to your account. Measuring gives you distances and areas without saving anything.

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Web app

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Mobile app

Step by step

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The web app and the mobile app don't always work the same way, so each has its own instructions.

  1. In the toolbar, click Tools, then Draw.

    The Draw panel opens with the tabs Points, Lines, Shapes and Text.

  2. Choose Lines or Shapes, then pick a type.

    Under Shapes you can search the list with Search shape presets..., for example for Boundary or Pasture.

  3. Click on the map to place each point.

    Double-click, or press Enter, to finish the shape.

  4. To measure instead, click Tools, then Measure.

    Pick Distance, Perimeter, Poly (for area) or Circle.

  5. Click on the map to measure.

    For Distance click the start and then the end; for the others click each point and press Enter to finish. The result appears in the Measure panel and on the map.

Good to know

Worth knowing before you start

  • Drawings sync

    A shape you draw and save on the web shows in the mobile app, and the other way round.

  • Cancel a drawing

    On the web, press Esc. On mobile, tap the X in the banner at the top.