Measure

Click the Measure button   to display the measure tool bar.  

To measure a distance 
Click the "Distance" button and then click on 2 or more vertexes along the path you want to measure.  Click the Done button when you are finished and the distance will be labeled on the map.  Before clicking done you can change the units to feet, meters, or a few other choices.

To measure an area 
Click the "Area" button and then click on several vertices around the permitter of the area.  Click the Done button when finished.  If you want to change the units of measurement do so before clicking done.

To clear the measurements 
Click the "Clear" button .

Automatic Calculations

You can also add a special field to your layers so that anytime you click on a feature it will calculate and display the length or area of each feature.  See Add/Remove Fields for more information.

Total length of all features

To get the total length of all features on a certain layer go to the browse screen and select Calculate Total Length from the action menu. Or use the select and modify tool to select multiple features on the screen and get their total length.