Area Calculator: Measure Area on a Map
Measure the area of any shape on a map. Click to outline a field, roof, plot, or region and get the area in square kilometres, hectares, acres, and square feet.
Add a corner by address above, or click the map. Three or more points close the shape.
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Add at least three points to outline a shape and measure its area.
What is a map area calculator?
A map area calculator measures the size of a shape you draw on a map. Click around the outline of a field, building footprint, land plot, or any region, and the tool computes the enclosed area. It is a fast way to estimate acreage, square footage, or land size without survey equipment, and it reports the result in several units at once.
Area units explained
The tool shows area in square kilometres, hectares, acres, and square feet so it fits both metric and imperial workflows. One hectare is 10,000 square metres, roughly 2.47 acres. One acre is about 4,047 square metres. Use hectares and acres for land and agriculture, and square feet or square metres for buildings and roofs.
How this tool works
Each click drops a corner of your shape. Once you have three or more corners we close the polygon and compute its area using a geodesic, spherical-excess formula, so the result stays accurate over large regions. The measurement runs entirely in your browser. For programmatic area, boundary, and enrichment data, the MapAtlas API exposes geospatial endpoints.
When you need this
Estimating field and farm acreage, sizing a roof for solar panels, measuring a land plot before a purchase, calculating a lawn or paving area for a quote, planning event footprints, and any quick land measurement where opening full GIS software would be overkill.
Frequently asked questions
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