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More than anything else, can you please add a distance calculator for the track tool? They had this in Google Maps classic but the new one removed it. I used Google Maps to plan the runs for my running team and the inability to estimate the distance is a huge problem. Google Maps has it as two separate tools now. So now I have to draw each leg of a running route twice: once to estimate where the mile is and another to actually save the route.

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They didn't remove it, they promoted it! By adding it to the right-click context menu: http://i.imgur.com/OKkCHQE.png

Of course that doesn't make it the most discoverable feature!

What kind of distance tool would you use for your running team? We have one built in, where once finishing a track you can save it's length on the right side. It's only in metric units at the moment.

Would you like to have points on each kilometer / mile along the route?

It would be great if it would keep updating the distance as I drag the track along. Basically my use case is like this: I need to plan a route from starting point and it has to go for X number of miles. To satisfy that requirement I have to figure out which way to turn or which streets to take and how much farther I have to draw the route.

Here's an example of such a map:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=zyGHTR9wg3w8.ki2OYJV5...

It would be great if there is a number under the cursor that tells me how long my current track is as I move the cursor and add waypoints and maybe another number to tell me the distance between the last way point and the cursor. Does that make sense?

Thanks, totally makes sense! I'll try to implement it like this!

If you implement it, you will have one paying customer right here. I would be happy to pay $50/yr to use a service like that.

Thanks, we will definitely implement it! If you would like, send me an email so I can tell you once it's ready.

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