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The [[Image:MeasureLnIcon.png]] button allows you to measure lines, polylines, and polygons on the map. {| style="border:2px solid lightgray; float:center; margin:10px;"| rowspan="2" align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"|[[Image:bulb2.png|25px|Represents a tip or note for using IMSMA Mobile.]]|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"| The Measure Distance functionality is available only if you are using a projected coordinate system. The functionality is disabled if the coordinate system you are using is unknown or geographic. See the How to change the map projection section on page 25 for more details. |-|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"| The Measure Distance functionality is available only if you are using a projected coordinate system. The functionality is disabled if the coordinate system you are using is unknown or geographic. See the How to change the map projection section on page 25 for more details. |} To measure distances on the map:

<li>Click the [[Image:MeasureLnIcon.png]] button to enable the measure distance control.</li>The Measure window displays.

[[Image:fig16.png|center|''Figure 16. Measure Window'']]

''Figure 16. Measure Window''

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| align="center" colspan="2" | '''Table 14. Measure Window Buttons'''

| [[Image:MeasureLineBtn.png|Measure Line]] || Measures a line.

| [[Image:MeasureAreaBtn.png|Measure and Area]] || Measures an area.'''This button is currently not functional.'''

| [[Image:ReturnBtn.png|Measure a Feature]] || Returns the length, perimeter, area, or coordinates of a feature. '''This button is currently not functional.'''

| [[Image:SnapBtnCalculateBtn.png|Show Total (on/off)]] || Snaps to features while measuringCalculates the sum of consecutive measurements.

| [[Image:CalculateBtnChgUnitBtn.png|Choose Units]] || Calculates Allows you to change the sum of consecutive measurementsmeasurement units for distance or area.

| [[Image:ChgUnitBtnClrMeasureBtn.png]] || Allows you to change Clears the measurement unitsmeasurements.

| [[Image:ClrMeasureBtnChgUnitBtn.png|Choose Measurement Type]] || Clears Allows you to change the measurementsmeasurement type between Planar, Geodesic, Loxodrome, and Great Eliptic. |}</li><li>Click the [[Image:MeasureLineBtn.png]] button to measure a line.

<ol start="2"><li>Do one of the following{{note|The [[Image: </li><ul><li>To measure a line, click the MeasureAreaBtn.png]] and [[Image:MeasureLineBtnReturnBtn.png]] buttonbuttons are not functional.</li><li>To measure the area and perimeter of a polygon, click measure each line of the polygon to get the [[Image:ReturnBtn.png]] buttonapproximate perimeter.}} </li></ul>

{| style="border:2px solid lightgray; float:center; margin:10px;"|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"|[[Image:bulb2.png|25px|Represents a tip <li>Click the points of the line or note for using IMSMA Mobile.]]|align="left" style="padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px"| The [[Image:MeasureAreaBtn.png]] button is not functionalpolygon that you would like to measure. To measure indicate the perimeter of a polygonlast point, measure each line double-click the last point of the line or polygon to get . The measurement displays in the approximate perimeterMeasure window.|}</li></ol>

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