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Citation Generator
Use the Citation Generator to make a Harvard, APA or MLA Citation fo any page on the website
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Site UI Update
Free Map Tools has been updated with a new site layout.
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
Convert UK Postcode to Latitude / Longitude
Performance improvements made. Now finds old/terminated postcodes
Added on 17th May 2025 in Update
Find Place With Your Name
The Find Place With Your Name page has been updated. Better results and improved feedback when there are no results found.
Added on 17th May 2025 in Update
Save and Load Route Maps
The User Menu can now be used to save and load Route Maps
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
KML Colours
Radius Around Point KML output now shows each radius as the same colour as displayed on the map.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Plot Airport Routes
Plot airline route networks or airport destination maps
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Measure Distance Elevation Profile
Measure Distance on map can now let you view the elevation profile of your route and also export the elevation data to a CSV file
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Export CSV, Excel and KML
Measure Distance on a Map allows you to export in CSV, Excel and KML format
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Brazil Postcodes Inside a Radius
Specify a radius and a location to search within and return all the Brazil Postal codes inside
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Draw Radius Current Location
Radius Around Point tool now lets you draw the radius at your current location
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Create Route Map
Create a route map or destination map by uploading a list of addresses.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Meeting Centre of Gravity for ZIP Codes
Markers now have the number label for each ZIP displayed at all times
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
ZIP Code Displayed on Map
Find ZIP Codes Inside a User Defined Area now displays each ZIP code found on the map
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
URL For Multiple Radius
URL is now available for all radius drawn
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
KML Places With Radius
Find Place With Radius now has an option to download a KML containing all places found
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
USA ZIP Codes inside State County City
Search for USA ZIP codes inside a state, county and city
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Measure Distance Updates
Route points can now be added mid-way along
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
UK Postcode Boundaries
New boundary functionality for the UK Postcode map
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Netherlands Postcodes Radius
Find Netherlands Postcodes Inside a Radius
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Horizon Finder
Find where the visible horizon is from a point on earth using a map
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find the distance between USA ZIP Codes
Find the distance between 2 USA ZIP Codes
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find Belgium Postcodes Inside a Radius
New page added to find Belgium postcodes inside a radius
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
View and Edit Photo GPS Data
View the location a photo was taken on a map. You can also add or edit the GPS data on a photo and download the new version.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find German Postal Codes Inside a Radius
Map of Germany where you can specify a point and a radius to search within and return all postal codes inside the radius.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Toggle between miles and KM
New option to toggle between miles and KM
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find French Postcodes Inside User Defined Area
Find French Postcodes Inside User Defined Area
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
ZIP boundaries
New feature added to Find ZIP Codes Inside a User Defined Area page. ZIP boundaries can be displayed using the check box below the map.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Convert USA ZIP Code to Latitude / Longitude
Tool to convert a USA ZIP Code to latitude and longitude
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Elevation from latitude and longitude
Estimate elevation by inputting latitude and longitude.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Tunnel Distance
Map Tunnelling Tool now displays the tunnel distance
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Population
Radius can now be drawn with a manual radius and location
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Avoid Motorways/Highways
New option to Avoid Motorways/Highways
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Indian Pincodes Inside a Radius
Search for Indian pincodes inside radius you define
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Distance Travel By Public Transport
Added Public transport to the list of travel modes
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Full Screen Button
Full Screen button added to How Far is it Between.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Link To Result
New function that generates link to share the result
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Map Tunnelling Tool
The Map Tunnelling Tool now allows input by latitude and longitude and also by place name.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
User Menu Settings
The Settings option inside the User Menu can be used to change the appearance of the markers on the map.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Blog
Our new <a href="http://www.freemaptools.com/blog/">blog page</a> is now live.
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
User Menu
Allows user-specific work to be saved, reloaded and shared between different pages on Free Map Tools.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Optimised Route
Find the most efficient route between a start location and end location and way points in between.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find Population on Map
Define an area then find out the estimated population inside the area
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find London Underground Stations Inside Radius
Map of London England where you can specify a point and a radius to search within and return all London Underground stations inside the radius.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find Canadian Postcode Inside User Defined Area
Map of the Canada where you can draw a custom area and return all Canadian post codes found inside.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find ZIP Codes Inside a User Defined Area
Map of the USA where you can specify a custom area to search within return all the ZIP codes found inside that area.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Pan to My Location
New function to [Pan to My Location] added to Measure Distance Map.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Generate KML File of Radius
Added option to Generate KML File of radius
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Updates To Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius
Option to Show US County Borders. The circle polygon is no longer click-able. Added Full Screen option.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Australian Postcodes Inside a User Defined Area
A map of Australia where you can define an area and then search to return all postcodes inside the area.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find Australian Postcodes Inside a Radius
New Full Screen option
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
How Far is it Between
How Far is it Between now uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
International Meeting Centre of Gravity Tool
Now Uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Meeting Centre of Gravity for UK Postcodes
Implement Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Meeting Centre of Gravity for ZIP codes
Implemented Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Canadian Postcodes Inside a Radius
Implemented Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Australian Postcodes Inside a Radius
Now uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Tunnel to the Other Side of the Earth
Implemented Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Range Finder
Use the ranger finder tool to find out the end point on a map when you specify a start point, a bearing and a distance.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Golf Shot Distance Calculator API V3
Golf Shot Distance Calculator now uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Distance Between Australian Postcodes
Distance Between Australian Postcodes uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Distance Between Canadian Postcodes
Distance Between Canadian Postcodes now uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Distance Between UK Postcodes Updated
Distance Between UK Postcodes has been updated.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
API v3 Geocoding Service
Converted to Google Maps JavaScript API v3 Geocoding Service
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find British NGR Uses API V3
Find British NGR Updated to Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Option to Include Duplicate Postcodes
New option to include duplicate postcodes.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Download Full UK Postcodes
Download Full UK Postcodes with Latitude and Longitude
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Full UK Postcodes Inside a Radius
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now outputs full UK postcodes for radius under 5km
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
2 New Options Added
2 new options added : URL loads full screen? AND URL loads unclickable map?
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Duplicate Australian Postcodes
Duplicate postcodes are no longer output.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find UK Postcodes Inside a User Defined Area
A map of the UK where you can define an area and then search to return all outcode postcodes inside the custom area.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Updates to Radius From UK Postcode
Radius From UK Postcode now uses Google Maps API V3. Also (1)Added extra options for line thickness, line colour and transparency of the radius fill AND (2)Add / Show marker now works retrospectively on all radii
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find French Postcodes Inside a Radius
Find French Postcodes Inside a Radius
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Distance from the centre point in km
Each marker now shows the distance from the centre point in km when you hover over.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius API V3
Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius now uses Google Maps API V3
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius API V3
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now uses Google Maps API V3 and has a few more options.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
API V3 UK Postcode Map
UK Postcode Map now uses Google Maps API V3.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Download UK Postcode Outcode Boundaries
Download UK Postcode Outcode Boundaries
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Area Calculator
Area Calculator now uses Google Maps API V3 and has some new features.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Full Screen Radius Around Point Map
Radius Around Point Map now has a full screen option.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
UK Postcodes Inside Travel Time
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Travel Time map.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Many Radii Around Point
You can now upload multiple points in CSV format to plot many radii.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Walking Distance Between UK Postcodes
Used to show the walking distance between postcodes in the UK.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
3 New Features
3 new features on How Far Can I Travel...<br/> (1)Added notification when processing is finished<br/> (2)Added option to show/hide markers<br/> (3)Added option to switch between km and miles
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point
Radius Around Point now uses Static Maps API V2. No key is required.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Delete Last Radius Around Point
You can now delete just the last radius drawn on the Radius Around Point tool.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find Sunrise and Sunset Time at a Location
Find out the next sunrise and sunset of any point on the earth.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Find Candian Postcodes Inside a Radius
Map of the Canada where you can specify a point and a radius to search within and return all the post codes found inside that radius.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Distance Between Canadian Postcode
Find the distance between 2 postcodes in Canada.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Multiple of radii for KML
Multiple output of radii for KML now avalible for Radius Around Point.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point Now Uses Google Maps API V3
Radius Around Point Now Uses Google Maps API V3.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Measure Distance Map Update
Markers now show their latitude and longitude when you over over them.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find UK Hospitals Inside a Radius
Specify a point and a radius to search within and return all known UK hospitals inside the radius.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Elevation Finder
This tool can be used to find an estimate for the elevation of a point on the earth.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Distance Between Australian Postcodes
Find the distance between 2 postcodes in Australia.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
URL Out For How Far Can I Travel
How Far Can I Travel now has an option to allow you to send a link with the map criteria to someone else.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Area Calculator Crosshairs
Added crosshairs and option to switch on/off crosshairs.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Upload KML to Measure Area
You can now upload a KML file to the Area Calculator.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
KML Export for How Far Can I Travel
How Far Can I Travel now has an option to export the polygon to a KML file.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Time Zone Converter
Use this map to convert a time in one location to the time in another location.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
UK Postcode Map Address
UK Postcode Map now sends back the estimated address of the centered location on the map.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find ZIP Codes Inside a Radius
Specify a point and a radius to search within and return all the ZIP codes found inside that radius.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Area Calculator with Perimeter Output
Area Calculator using maps now with Perimeter Output in m and km.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
999 on How Far Can I Travel
The How Far Can I Travel tool can now search over a range of 999km instead on 99km.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius of a Postcodes
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius can now use a postcode or address as the center point.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius in Miles
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now accepts miles as the radius input parameter.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point Export to Google Earth
Radius Around Point can now export to KML. This can be loaded by Google Earth and then printed.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
How Far Can I Travel Accuracy
How Far Can I Travel tool now has option to control the accuracy of the results.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Golf Shot Distance Calculator in Beta
Try out the new Golf Shot Distance Calculator.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Faster How Far is it Between
How Far is it Between now brings up the suggested cities and countries much faster. It also shows the most popular places at the top of the list.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
How Far Can I Travel
Discover how far you can travel on land from a fixed point. Specify the start point, then input either how far you can go or your mode of transport with time avalible. This tool will then show you the range of locations that you can reach in that time.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Paged Page Comments
Pages on Free Map Tools now limit the initial number of comments shown to 30. There is an option to see all comments.
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
International Meeting COG Tool
Find the best place to hold a meeting for its attendees by inputting various international addresses.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Travel Time for Measure Distance Map
Measure Distance Map now can estimate how long a route would take to travel depending on your speed.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Measure Distance Map Terrain
Measure Distance Map now has a terrain map option.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
URL to Last Radius
Radius Around Point can now output a URL to show the most recent radius on this page.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find More UK Postcodes Inside a Radius
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius now searches up to 50KM from the centre point.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point Can Now Be Output
The Radius Around Point tool now has a Google Maps Static API Image Output. This allows you to make a map with radii and export the code to use the same map on your website via Static Maps V2 API.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Improved Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius is now faster and also outputs data to csv format.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find UK Postcodes Inside a Radius
Map of the UK where you can specify a point and a radius to search within and return all outcode postcodes inside the radius.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Meeting COG For ZIP codes
Meeting COG For ZIP codes has had some updates.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Map Tunnelling Tool Unlink Zoom
Map Tunnelling Tool now has an option to unlink zoom between Map 1 and Map 2.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point Update
Added latitude and longitude input option to radius around point tool.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
How Far Does Santa Have To Travel
Find out how far Santa has to travel this year!
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
Meeting Centre of Gravity for ZIP codes
There is now a Meeting Centre of Gravity for ZIP codes tool where you can find out the best place to hold a meeting so that multiple attendees travel on avenge the shortest distance.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Dual Control Map Tunnelling Tool
The map tunnelling tool now allows vice versa control so that both maps can be dragged.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
New Postcodes Added
Some new postcodes have been added to the Download UK Postcodes with Latitude and Longitude page.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point
The radius around point tool now has the option to draw a radius with clear fill.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point Now Accepts Locations
The radius around point tool now lets you specify a point by typing in a location.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Map Tunneling Tool Now With Coordinates
Tunnel to the Other Side of the Earth AKA the Map Tunnelling Tool now shows the latitude and longitude on both maps as well as the nearest county to map 2.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Radius Around Point with Miles
Radius around Point now accepts miles as the input for the radius of the circle.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
UK Postcode Map
There is now a map of the UK where you can see the locations of all area level / out code postcodes.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Download UK Postcodes with Latitude and Longitude
Download a list of UK out code postcodes with their latitude and longitude coordinates.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Meeting Centre of Gravity for Postcodes
You can now use a centre of gravity tool for meetings. This takes a list of postcodes and will work out where the COG is between them so that the meeting is held in the most central place.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
RSS News Feed
You can now subscribe to an RSS feed of any news to Free Map Tools so that you can be kept informed when things are added and updated.
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
Radius From UK Postcode
The Radius From UK Postcode tool now shows the area covered and allows you to change the fill colour.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Draggable Markers on Measure Distance Tool
The measure distance tool now has draggable markers to allow easy re-routing.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
UK Postcode Tool
You can find distance between two UK postcodes using the UK postcode tool.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
How far Santa has to travel
Find out how far Santa has to travel to get to your house.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Save the URL
The how far is it between tool allows you to save the URL of that distance so that you can save it or send the map to someone else. For example, See how far it is between New York and Paris.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
How Far is it Between Tool
The how far is it between tool now uses the Google Maps API GlocalSearch feature to find more places.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Range Finder
Use the Range Finder to find the end point on a map when you specify a start point, a bearing and a distance.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Nautical Miles
The measure distance tool now provides measurements in Nautical Miles.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Add Comments
You can now add comments to any page of Free Map Tools. Implemented using PHP, MySQL and AJAX
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
Tunnel to the Other Side of the Earth
Which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Calorie Burner Map
How many calories do you burn while waking or running?
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Save Route
You can now save and load xml files representing a route.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Feature
Find the distance between
Find the distance between various cities on the earth using How far is it Between.
Added on 17th May 2025 in New Page
Free Map Tools Created
Free Map Tools Created, 1024px v1.0! General site uploaded.
Added on 17th May 2025 in Website
Comments
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Thanks Foo
New logo looks great!
Could do with providing an outline for specific post code areas ie an out lie of HP5-1 HP5-2 SL1-4 etc