# Measure ares / measure distance **URL:** \ **Category:** PIX4Dsurvey Feature Request\ **Created:** [September 22, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/measure-ares-measure-distance/24006 "2022-09-22T06:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alain.freiburghaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@alain.freiburghaus](https://community.pix4d.com/u/alain.freiburghaus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 6:12am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/measure-ares-measure-distance/24006/1 "2022-09-22T06:12:36Z")
Is there a possibility in pix4dsurvey to measure distances and areas from the point cloud? ---
**Author:** ![Daniele\_Lecci](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/pix4d/user_avatar/community.pix4d.com/daniele_lecci/32/9493_2.png) [@Daniele\_Lecci](https://community.pix4d.com/u/Daniele_Lecci)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 10:17am UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/measure-ares-measure-distance/24006/2 "2022-09-22T10:17:20Z")
Hi @alain.freiburghaus, Despite there is no dedicated measuring tool, you can create polylines or polygons. The length and area will be shown on the left in the _Content_ sidebar. You can find additional information here: > **[Vectorization - PIX4Dsurvey](https://support.pix4d.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033317432-Vectorization-PIX4Dsurvey#Measuring%20geometries)** > > PIX4Dsurvey allows one to vectorize point clouds made with PIX4Dmapper, PIX4Dmatic, laser scanners, LiDAR, or other third-party tools and assign the objects to layers. You can precisely define the ... ---
**Author:** ![alain.freiburghaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@alain.freiburghaus](https://community.pix4d.com/u/alain.freiburghaus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.pix4d.com/t/measure-ares-measure-distance/24006/3 "2022-09-22T13:35:26Z")
I know this possibility. I just thought that pure measuring was also possible. Thank you!