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Measuring Distances Between Two Places

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Reference Measuring Distances You can use the Measure Distance feature to do straight-line distancing for places that are miles away from your current location. In the example above, the current location is Olathe, Kansas, and the new point is Albuquerque, New Mexico. Measuring Distances Between Two Places You can get an idea of how far two points are from each other by using the Measure Distance feature. This feature measures from point to point in a straight line. It does not consider roads. To measure the distance between two points, make sure you are currently viewing the Map page. Then, press the unit or remote MENU key. A Menu page will appear. Select Measure Distance from this page. An on-screen pointer (a blue thumb tack) at your current physical location (or current point) will appear on the Map page. In our example below, the current location is the Midland Theater. Item under your map pointer Coordinates of your map pointer Distance and direction from the thumb tack to the map pointer . Touch a point anywhere on line that extends from the on-screen pointer to your new point will appear: The new location, the Bistro, is .1 miles and 244° from the thumb tack. the Map page. A dotted The coordinates of the new location you selected (the Bistro). 36

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Reference
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You can use the Measure Distance feature to do
straight-line distancing for places that are miles
away from your current location. In the example above,
the current location is Olathe, Kansas, and the new
point is Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Measuring Distances
Measuring Distances Between Two Places
You can get an idea of how far two points are from each other by using the
Measure Distance
feature.
This feature measures from point to point in a straight line. It does not consider roads.
To measure the distance between two points, make sure you are currently viewing the Map page. Then,
press the unit or remote
MENU
key. A
Menu
page will appear. Select
Measure Distance
from this page. An
on-screen pointer (a blue thumb tack) at your current physical location (or current point) will appear on
the Map page. In our example below, the current location is the Midland Theater.
Touch a point anywhere on
the Map page. A dotted
line that extends from the on-screen pointer to your new point will appear:
Coordinates of your map
pointer
Item under your map pointer
Distance and direction
from the thumb tack to
the map pointer .
The coordinates of the
new location you
selected (the Bistro).
The new location, the
Bistro, is .1 miles and
244° from the thumb
tack.