How to Measure Distances From Point To Point With Google Maps Share Published 10 hours ago: July 9, 2021 at 11:44 am - Getty It’s easy to use Google Maps to see how far your office is from your favourite restaurant or how long it’ll take to drive from Sydney to Melbourne (in non-locked-down times). Estimating the distance between two locations without relying on winding roads messing up your estimate, however, is a bit more complicated. Sure, you could try and measure it with the distance scale at the bottom corner of your screen, but a quirk of Maps (which we originally learned of on reddit) makes estimating distances from point to point (or “as the crow flies”) pretty easy, whether you’re using your desktop or an Android or iOS device.