Hold the Alt key (Windows) or Alt/Option key (Mac) while clicking the last point to display all annotations (segment lengths and total distance). As soon as the last point is clicked, the measurement is ended and the total distance is displayed. While digitizing the measuring path, hold the Alt key (Windows) or Alt/Option key (Mac) to display the length of each digitized path segment.īefore adding the last point, release the Shift key. As the mouse moves on the artboard, a total distance label indicates the length of the path already digitized and the distance from the last added point to the current mouse position. Keep holding the Shift key while adding more points along the path. A new point is added on the path, but the measurement does not end. Before clicking a second time, hold down the Shift key (the cursor includes a + symbol). As soon as the second point is clicked, the measurement is ended and the total distance is displayed.Ĭlick a starting point to begin measuring. As the mouse moves on the artboard, a distance label indicates the distance (and azimuths, if enabled in MAPublisher Preferences) from the starting point to the current mouse position. When the mouse cursor is near enough to a point, Adobe Illustrator highlights it as shown in the image below.īy default, the MAP Measurement Tool measures the distance between two points.Ĭlick a starting point to begin measuring. When Adobe Illustrator Smart Guides are enabled, the MAP Measuring Tool can snap to existing anchor points. if the MAP View scale is different, the measurement will significantly change.
If the new selected layer is contained in a different MAP View, the distance values are updated accordingly on the screen automatically without having to start a new measurement - e.g. While the MAP Measurement Tool is enabled, users can change the selected layer in the Adobe Illustrator Layers panel. The units of the document will be used in the measurements. Select a non-MAP Layer and then click to measure.
Non-MAP Layers are measured in page units (distances on the page). The units of the layer's parent MAP View will be used in the measurements. Select a MAP Layer and then click to measure. MAP Layers are measured in map units (great circle or real-world distances). Using the MAP Measurement ToolĬlick the MAP Measurement Tool button on the Adobe Illustrator Tools panel. In some cases (and where it is necessary), the Geodesic & Rhumb line measurements will split and wrap around the MAP View. The snapping tolerance is set in the Adobe Illustrator Preferences for Smart Guides (Adobe Illustrator menu Edit > Preferences > Smart Guides). To use vector snapping while measuring, enable the Adobe Illustrator Smart Guides (Adobe Illustrator menu View > Smart Guides). The Adobe Illustrator page units can be accessed and changed in the Document Setup dialogue box (Adobe Illustrator menu File > Document Setup > Units drop-down list). The layer's map units are defined in the coordinate system definition of the selected MAP View and can be viewed in the MAP View Editor by clicking the information button of the Source Coordinate System (called Point Style in the Definition tab). Use the current layer's map units or select alternative units. The map units used by the MAP Measurement Tool are set in MAPublisher Preferences. To measure ground distances (great circle distance in map units), the Adobe Illustrator file must contain at least one MAP View with an assigned coordinate system. The measured path can be converted to a line or area in the currently selected layer. Geodesic and rhumb line measurement lines can be curved or straight, depending on the map projection. It can accurately draw lines and measure distances between points using the specified calculation method (e.g. The MAP Measurement Tool measures distances (between two points), path distances (multiple points), azimuths, and the perimeter and area of closed paths in page or map units.
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