AndyCM Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Hi Guys, I am looking at a patch of ground and am keen to get a rough idea of acreage. I have a paper map and can probably use that as a template to work with any online options. I believe it is somewhere around 500 acres but would like to be a little more confident in my estimating ! Can it be done? any help most welcome. Thanks AndyCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Andy, ping Baldrick - I am fairly sure he has posted some links on here to sites that will help you with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thanks Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 PM sent. The website you're looking for is http://www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/ It's not a very user-friendly website, but it's free and relatively accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-G Posted March 27, 2009 Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 I found a brilliant one a few days ago. Put your own pins around it and it measures all the points as you go. Area calculator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted March 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thanks Guys, Very helpful. Your speed of response is excellent AndyCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bancam Posted March 30, 2009 Report Share Posted March 30, 2009 If you have a paper map, find the scale. Simply divide the area you want to measure into rectangles, squares and triangles and meaasure each one individually and calculate the area of each one. Add them all up and you have an approximation of the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyCM Posted March 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 A big thanks all round for the help guys, I also came across (by chance checking out the neighbouring land) a great feature on Google Maps My Maps Add Content there is a load of stuff in here (mostly for townies) but these two have been tried and are useful Area & Distance Calculator & Elevation Contours great for checking high points on the ground to (for observation / sniping) Cheers Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Google maps is a great resource - Use the "Ruler" function to accurately measure field boundaries, and then it's just a simple calculation to work out the area. Also handy for measuring distances between landmarks for zeroing centrefires etc if you don't have a rangefinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrmb Posted April 6, 2009 Report Share Posted April 6, 2009 I use Google Earth, you can see great detail of the field that you are shooting and the surrounding area, als0 print it out. You can use the measurement tool from the drop down box to calculate field size and distances to houses and roads etc. I just used it to find the safest direction to shoot on a new field, I found that there was only one part of the field that gave me a safe 250 - 300 yard shot fall out range! all the other parts of the field would of had my shot hitting houses, going over a public foot path and road. Give it a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njc110381 Posted April 7, 2009 Report Share Posted April 7, 2009 I found a brilliant one a few days ago. Put your own pins around it and it measures all the points as you go. Area calculator That's a great link, thanks for posting it! I'm going to reprint all my permission maps from there because they look really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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