{"id":99,"date":"2015-06-01T19:56:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2017-02-02T07:15:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T07:15:22","slug":"draw-an-area-on-a-map-and-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/draw-an-area-on-a-map-and-share\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw an Area on a Map and Share"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article will explain how you can use the Area Calculator<\/a> on Free Map Tools<\/a> to draw an area, then share with others using a link.<\/p>\n

The procedure is:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Go to the Area Calculator<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Draw the area on the map<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    \"Draw<\/a>

    Draw an Area<\/p><\/div>\n

    <\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Once the area is drawn, save the area from the User Menu by selecting [User Menu] > [Save Area]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \"Share<\/a>

      Share Area Save<\/p><\/div>\n

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      1. Give the Area a name and click [Save]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \"Share<\/a>

        Share Area Name<\/p><\/div>\n

          \n
        1. Then select [User Menu] > [Load Area]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          \"Load<\/a>

          Load Area<\/p><\/div>\n

            \n
          1. On the Load Area window, click on the link icon on your saved area to generate a link<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            \"Share<\/a>

            Share Area Link<\/p><\/div>\n

              \n
            1. A window will then appear displaying a unique link to your area. Select and copy this link to share with others.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              \"Share<\/a>

              Share Area URL<\/p><\/div>\n

              For example, here is the link generated from this example: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/onue3ma<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

              This article will explain how you can use the Area Calculator on Free Map Tools to draw an area, then share with others using a link. The procedure is: Go to the Area Calculator Draw the area on the map<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,22],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides","tag-area","tag-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135,"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions\/135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freemaptools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}