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Online Help > AlpineQuest 2.x > Landmarks
How to measure distances and bearings?
A measure tool is available allowing to compute distances and bearings between any location.
- Click on the map center icon
and select
“Create a landmark…”
;
- Under the
“Tools”
category, click on“Measure”
.
The “Landmark creator”
side-view is displayed.
- Click on
“Add location”
to define the first location, and move the map over the second location. The distance and bearing to the screen center is previewed
;
- Click on
“Add location”
again to define the second location. You can repeat the process for any number of locations;
- When you've done, click on
“Save & Close”
to close the landmark creator.
Your measures remain displayed on the map until you delete them.
Lines between measured locations are colored depending on the bearing: red when going north, blue when going south.