While most users rely on Google Maps for navigation routes, this direct line measurement tool offers valuable insights for travel planning, property assessment, and more.

While this is helpful for trip planning and navigation, Google Maps also includes a tool to simply measure distances between points in a straight line.

Want to find a fair distance to meet for you and your friend/family? Here's how to find the halfway point between two locations in Google Maps.

If you want to use Google Earth within your browser to measure distance, here is how. If you have a Google Earth-compatible browser installed, you can use this guide on Windows and Mac.

Accessing the distance measurement tool on Google Maps The straight-line distance feature in Google Maps is readily available on both Android and iOS devices, though many users remain unaware of ...