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Global Mapper User's Manual
To find the distance between along a path on the display or the enclosed area of a set of points, choose the
[Measure Tool] icon from the toolbar or select [Tools/Measure] from the menu bar.
1. Left click on the point to begin the measurement. Move the mouse, which will draw a line, to the
point where the measurement should stop.
2. Repeat step 1 until you have defined the entire path or area that you wish to measure.
3. Right click the right mouse button and select "Stop Measuring" from the list using a left click. Notice
that "Stop Measuring" and "Close polygon" choices are now grayed out. The measurement(s) will be
displayed on the left side of the status bar below.
4. In order to change measurements right click and choose a new unit using a left click. You may
continue to change the measurement display by selecting different units. The distance will be
displayed in kilometers, meters, miles or feet for a line, and in square feet, square meters, square
miles, acres, or hectares for areas.
Note that if you place a point along your measurement that you do not want you can press Ctrl+Z to remove
the last placed point in the measurement.
You can also save a measurement to a separate feature by right clicking and selecting "Save Measurement"
from the list that pops up. You can then export these measurements to new vector files, such as Shapefiles or
DXF, or modify them with the Digitizer Tool. There is also an option to copy the measurement text to the
clipboard when you right-click.
If you have gridded elevation data loaded under the measurement, you can also calculate the Cut-and-Fill
volume either within the measurement area or within some distance of the measurement line. To do this,
simply right click then select the "Measure Volume (Cut-and-Fill)" option that appears. Selecting this option
will display the Setup Volume Calculation Parameters dialog (pictured below), which allows you to set up the
volume measurement.
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