Satellite Area Calculator
Draw on satellite imagery, get the area and distance.
A web app for measuring areas and distances on Google Maps satellite imagery. Draw a shape or a path and the numbers update as you go, or ask the built-in AI assistant to draw, measure and convert units for you.
Areas and paths are drawn straight onto Google Maps satellite imagery.
38,700+
users so far in 2026
68,000+
page views so far in 2026
15x
the users of all of 2025
270+
users a day over the last 30 days
Overview
Measuring land without leaving the browser
The Satellite Area Calculator lets people draw and measure areas on satellite imagery with accurate results. It is built with Vue.js on top of the Google Maps API, and pairs a simple drawing interface with the full mapping platform underneath.
An AI assistant understands natural language commands, so you can navigate, measure and convert units by typing what you want. A separate distance tool traces lines and paths, and tells straight-line distance apart from the real length of the path.
Nearly 39,000 people have used it so far in 2026, up from about 2,500 in all of 2025, from real estate professionals and roofers to farmers, planners and anyone who needs a measurement from above.
Traction
From 2,500 users to 38,700
In all of 2025 the site had about 2,500 users. In the first nine months of 2026 it had 38,700, nearly 9 in 10 of them from search engines, and daily traffic grew every quarter.
Active users
38,700
2026 to date, up from 2,500 in all of 2025
Page views
68,400
2026 to date, up from 3,700 in all of 2025
Events
212,700
2026 to date, up from 14,000 in all of 2025
Engagement per user
2m 14s
2026 to date, up from 2m 10s in all of 2025
Average users per day, 2026
From 39 a day in January to 277 a day in September
People come back
Returning users went from about 6 a day in January to 54 a day in September, rising from 15% of daily users to about 20% by August: people who measured once come back for the next job.
9x
returning users per day, Jan to Sep
7x
total users per day, Jan to Sep
Found through search
Users by first source, 2026 to date
- Google search28,633
- Direct4,074
- Bing search3,767
- DuckDuckGo836
- AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity)720
- Yahoo search548
Google search brought 333 users in all of 2025 and 28,600 so far in 2026.
Source: Google Analytics for satellitearea.com, Jan 1, 2025 to Sep 29, 2026.
Example use cases
From a single lot to a whole district
The same tools cover a property boundary, a planning radius or a set of environmental zones.
Adjacent plots
Adjacent plot area measurements with precise boundaries
Urban planning
Urban planning with radius-based area analysis
Environmental assessment
Environmental assessment with multiple radius zones
Property measurement
High-resolution property measurement with satellite imagery
How it works
Find it, draw it, measure it
01
Find the place
Navigate high-resolution Google Maps satellite imagery by hand or by asking the assistant.
02
Draw
Outline an area with the drawing tools, or trace a line or path with the distance tool.
03
Measure
Spherical geometry gives accurate area and distance, updated in real time as you draw.
04
Convert
Switch between measurement units, or ask the assistant to convert in plain language.
Key features
What the app does
- Interactive drawing tools for precise area measurement
- Distance measurement tool for lines and paths, comparing straight-line to actual path length
- Optimized AI assistant for natural language draw, measure and unit-conversion commands
- High-resolution satellite imagery from Google Maps
- Spherical geometry calculations for accurate measurements
- Real-time updates as you draw, with support for multiple measurement units
Who uses it
Built for real measurement work
- Real estate professionals for property assessment and planning
- Urban planners for development area calculations
- Researchers for environmental and land use studies
- Surveyors and engineers for precise area and distance measurements
- Anyone needing accurate measurements from satellite imagery
Technical implementation
How it is built
Frontend and UI
- Vue.js for reactive UI components and state management
- Google Maps API for high-quality satellite imagery
- Responsive design that works across devices
AI and calculations
- Optimized AI assistant for fast, natural language map commands
- Spherical geometry algorithms for accurate area and distance calculations
- Modern JavaScript features and TypeScript for type safety
Development process
The hard parts
The work focused on an interface that is easy to use while keeping the measurements accurate. The main challenges were:
- Implementing precise area and distance calculation algorithms for spherical geometry
- Optimizing the natural language assistant for faster, more reliable map commands
- Optimizing performance with large satellite imagery datasets
- Creating a responsive and intuitive drawing interface for both areas and lines
- Ensuring cross-browser compatibility and mobile responsiveness
Measure something
Try the live demo to see the AI assistant and the area and distance tools working together on real satellite imagery.