Distance measure tool for maps
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Distance measure tool for maps
New Feature Addition · Maps · Created by Rhaelyx
accepted
maps -distance measure tool
What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?
The ability to measure a distance unit. Different or similar to google maps. The unit could be arbitrary or fully custom trough the use of a custom unit label. For both DM'ing purposes or worldbuilding it would be handy to know how far away something is. Or to get a grasp of the scale your working on.How does this feature request address the current situation?
This is pretty self-explanatory but here are some images of how google maps works. The feature could be similar or by use of a toolbar (if more tools are created in the future).
What are other uses for this feature request?
Possibly a area calculator.The Team's Response
It goes without saying that this is Accepted. I will be adding to the list of features for the Atlas (map management upgrade) which is coming right after Chronos :)
Current score
309/300 Votes · +33880 points
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by LordKilgar
on 2021-04-26 03:52Being able to have a “travel time” calculator that just puts the distance measured through a quick function to list out, say, “on foot, on horse, by boat” would be a great feature. Especially if you can define methods of travel and their rate for your world.
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by A Frightened Elf
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by SableAradia
on 2021-04-24 04:02I can see where this might be difficult to implement, especially since every map is individually-sized (how I'd do this on my wormhole/star map, I haven't the foggiest idea! :D ) but if it's possible without breaking everything, I'm in. Having the distance indicated in a Legend is not necessarily easy to work with, especially on a detailed map with a lot of zoom. This makes good sense.
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by Yui Yukihira
on 2021-04-23 13:12 -
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by dinosaurbob
on 2021-04-23 13:07This would definitely make maps more useful in shared / RPG settings. I suspect the trick will be entering a scale into the map data in the first place, but not insurmountable.
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on 2021-04-23 12:59 -
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by LordPhantasm
on 2021-04-22 06:08 -
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by Harkenstone
on 2021-04-22 04:26Concerned this will age out before 300, and I think it would be very helpful for designing and running.
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on 2021-04-20 09:14 -
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on 2021-04-20 09:13 -
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by [email protected]
on 2021-04-20 08:55 -
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on 2021-04-20 08:29 -
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by ZackTheGreat
on 2021-04-20 01:17Would be very helpful, though its important to keep in mind the projection of the map, as the typical world map tends to use the Mercator projection which skews distances at the poles. Implementing solutions like in gPlates (open source!) would be most helpful.
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by jfeser
on 2021-04-17 18:37yes to a distance measurement and also to an area calculator. I'd love to see the distance be set a lot like years - measure in km/mi whatever you use normally, or in local terms.
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by Matoikey
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by Vertixico
on 2021-04-17 15:00I like the idea. ALl that would be needed is a way to set a scale - select a distance you know and define the length (and unit). Something I do by hand already on my map :D
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by Alishahr
on 2021-04-17 12:37I like the idea, though I'm less certain about how it would work in reality. The scale for a world map is very different from a city or regional map, and there's no standardized map scale, so users would have to input that standard manually. Also, how would different units of measurement be handled? Mi and km are real life examples as people would likely want to be able to display distance in both units. There are also in world units to account for. Depending on how the system is implemented, would it be possible to measure distance in terms of days of travel?
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by FictionFan1995
on 2021-04-17 08:56I would absolutely love a feature like this, and I'm also in full support of an area calculator if that is possible.
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by namako
on 2021-04-16 21:50I requested this on the feature request page ages ago. Still would love to use this.
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by KahunaTheElder
on 2021-04-16 15:06This allows for easy scale measurement on a variety of maps, especially those without grids.
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by dre569
on 2021-04-16 13:06Please do this!!! I use the map alot and I have taken to recording the x & y coordinates of POI & then doing algebra to figure distances, this is slow & cumbersome.
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by Rhaelyx
on 2021-04-16 09:49
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