Map Distance

Map Distance is a Metro app dedicated to computers running Windows 8, 8.1 and 10, which can calculate road and pedestrian routes in any part of the world.

It gives you the possibility to set multiple checkpoints to find out the total distance, as well as to search for locations, ideal for those planning road or hiking trips.

You can also use this tool if you have a touch-supported device. It can be effortlessly downloaded and installed from the Windows Store, so you can launch it like a pinned app from your Start Screen or Menu.

The world map is automatically displayed in the main window at startup. You can navigate by clicking and dragging with your mouse, zoom in and out using the scrollwheel or by clicking the + and - buttons on the upper-right corner, as well as toggle road, aerial and bird's eye view from the upper-left corner.

Map Distance is capable of finding your current global position via GPS. You can click two or locations on the map to find out the distance (in both kilometers and miles), as well as pick the distance type from straight line, pedestrian and road. It's also possible to mark different kinds of distance between checkpoints.

Just keep in mind that the distance type must be selected before clicking on the map. The number of checkpoints is shown on the top of the window, and the maximum allowed number is 1000. You can remove the last checkpoint or all of them, as well as use a search tool to quickly jump to a location on the map.

Map Distance remembers the existing route on exit and loads it the next time you launch the application, even if you don't have an online connection. However, it needs the Internet for additional operations because it doesn't have an offline database of the world map and retrieves this information from online sources.

All things considered, Map Distance offers a simple solution for quickly finding out the total distance between various locations when planning jogging, hiking, biking or road trips.

However, the GPS locator didn't work in our tests. Also, the tool doesn't have options for viewing more statistics, calculating distances between the checkpoints (in addition to the total distance), or showing alternative routes (only the shortest one).