Guides
Measurement guides
Step-by-step walkthroughs for floor plans, satellite area measurements, and sprinkler design, each with numbers you can check.
Floor plans and rooms
Square footage from a plan image or PDF: calibrating scale, tracing irregular rooms, and turning area into flooring, paint, or tile quantities.
Floor Plan CalculatorLand, lawns, roofs, and driveways
Measuring outdoor areas and lengths on satellite imagery for sod, seed, solar panels, sealing, paving, and fencing.
Google Maps Area CalculatorSprinklers and irrigation
Head spacing, zone flow budgets, and laying out a residential system on your own site plan before you buy parts.
Irrigation PlannerEvery guide relies on the same two things. First, one known real-world dimension on the image, such as a labelled wall or a fence line, so the tool can set its scale. Second, a decision about what the number is for, because flooring, sod, paint, and sprinkler coverage each need a slightly different measurement. Each guide shows which to take and how to check the result.
10 guides
Plan a Driveway Replacement and Widening in Areaplane
Use four driveway plans in Areaplane to compare layouts, separate private paving from city concrete, measure demolition and restoration, and prepare a clear contractor bid.
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New Build Landscaping: A Full Project from Bare Dirt
How one new build went from bare dirt to a finished yard: satellite measurements, a plot plan takeoff, a six-zone sprinkler design, orders, and costs.
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How Many Sprinkler Heads Do I Need? Spacing, Radius, and Zones
Work out sprinkler head count from your lawn's dimensions, the head's throw radius, and your water supply, then split the heads into zones that your supply can run.
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How to Measure a Driveway or Patio for Sealing, Paving, or Pavers
Trace a driveway or patio on satellite view, get the area and perimeter, and turn them into sealer, concrete, paver, and edging quantities.
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How to Measure an Irregular Room's Square Footage
L-shaped rooms, angled walls, alcoves, and bay windows: how to trace them from a floor plan, what to include, and how to turn the area into a flooring order.
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How to Design a Residential Sprinkler System: A Beginner-Friendly Walkthrough
Lay out a residential irrigation system step-by-step — measure your water supply, choose the right heads, plan zones, and produce a real bill of materials in your browser.
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How Much Sod Do I Need? Measure Your Yard in 10 Minutes
A real-world walkthrough of measuring your yard with Areaplane to estimate lawn area, add a cutting allowance, and round up to whole sod pallets.
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How to Measure Your Roof for Solar Panels
Measure roof footprints, apply a verified pitch, subtract obstructions, and check solar panel space with a worked 6:12 roof example.
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How to Measure Area on Google Maps Satellite View
Use Areaplane's free Google Maps satellite view area calculator to measure land, roofs, fields, and property boundaries. No sign-up, works on desktop and mobile.
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How to Measure Square Footage from a Floor Plan
A step-by-step guide to measuring square footage from any floor plan using Areaplane.
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