Digital Inspiration has a nice post on what you can do with Google Maps besides just finding how to get where your going. If you've ever wanted to know the distance between two buildings, you can find it, if you want to know the difference in the distance between to routes you can find out.
Check out Digital Inspiration: Measure Distance Between Two Locations Using Google Maps:
Sphere: Related ContentGoogle Maps has a neat feature that lets you calculate distance between two points anywhere on the Earth - you could use this to measure the approximate distance between two cities or to calculate the size of a local football field or to know how far is your new office from home.
In the above example, Google Maps helps us measure the length of Manhattan Bridge between Brooklyn and New York that lies over the river.
To measure distances using Google Maps, click the “My Maps” tab on Google Maps website and select the “Distance Measurement Tool” - now select any two points on the map with your mouse and the distance will appear in miles (or kilometers).
Google Maps uses straight lines to calculate the shortest distance but if you are looking for more accurate numbers, trace the complete route by clicking at all the curves and deviations as below:
In this example we measured the distance between the car parking of Taj Mahal and the actual monument - one has to cover 1.4 km on foot before he gets in.
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