Originally Posted by Marvin Hlavac After you have used the Measure Distance tool, select your desired Line Color on the Drawing tool bar. You may also change the width the same way, just by clicking Line Style button. |
Originally Posted by Big_Dave If I want to know the destance between two points then I right click on a starting place and input this as a start then click on the other end and righ click and set as end. Click the get directions button on route planner and it gives you the distance. |
Originally Posted by crazyst That works great unless you're already have a route built. Curt |
Originally Posted by SpadesFlush Actually, you can do that now with an existing route. Create a new pushpin (call it anything you like) and place it at the start of the measurement target on your route, go to Route->Add As Stop. Then, add another pushpin at the end of the measurement zone and go to Route->Add As Stop. Recalculate the route ("Get Directions") and then, in the Directions window, go to the two new points along your route and calculate the difference, in both time and distance. So long as you accurately place your pushpins on your route, doing so will not mess up your existing route, nor add any time or distance. If you like, you can remove the pushpins afterwards, leaving just the new markers (they are not really "Stops" if you don't stop) for your measured zone. |
Originally Posted by crazyst That assumes the distance you want to measure is on your route. The tool works today independent of your route. It would be nice if it had a "track to road" feature that would measure the distance along the road independent of a route. All good suggestions I just wish it would work like the current tool with that one added feature. Curt |