The Measure Tool allows you to find how far one point on a map is from another point. To access the Measure Tool click the Measure Tool button in the top right of the map view.

![Using Measure](usingMeasure)

A summary of the Measure Tool options are listed below.

| Option                        | Description                                                                              | Shortcut |
| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- |
| Grid Distance                 | This is the distance on a grid and is the metric used in D&D                             | G        |
| Alternating Diagonal Distance | This is the distance on a grid with diagonals alternating between 1 square and 2 squares | A        |
| Line Distance                 | This is the actual distance between the two points of the measure tool                   | L        |
| City Block Distance           | This is the distance when only travelling in the horizontal or vertical directions       | C        |
| Scale                         | This allows you to enter a custom scale and unit value to apply                          |          |