Measure Driveways

Learn how to accurately measure driveways with Moasure, from capturing area and perimeter to recording elevation, grade, and volume.

These walkthroughs also demonstrate advanced features including Trace Line, Arc, Ignore, Extrapolate Corner, Layers, Point Path, and Voice Notes, helping you capture complex sites quickly and accurately.

Whether you're estimating materials, planning drainage, or calculating cut and fill, these workflows show how to make the most of Moasure on a real project.

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Part 1 – Measure Area & Perimeter

This walkthrough demonstrates how to accurately measure a driveway using a Closed Shape measurement while taking advantage of Moasure's advanced measurement tools.

In this walkthrough, you'll learn how to:

• Measure driveway area and perimeter.

• Choose a suitable start and finish point.

• Use Straight Line, Trace Line, and Arc Path types.

• Measure around curves and obstacles.

• Capture points around obstacles and remove them afterwards using the Ignore tool.

• Use Extrapolate Corner to measure inaccessible or obstructed corners.

• Save your completed measurement.

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Part 2 – Add Volume as a Layer

Once you've captured the driveway, you can add a second layer to calculate volume while keeping your original area and perimeter measurement separate.

In this walkthrough, you'll learn how to:

• Add a new measurement layer.

• Reuse the same A–B reference line.

• Capture elevation and grade data.

• Calculate cut and fill volumes.

• Record drainage locations using Point Path.

• Add Voice Notes to document important site information.

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Part 3 – Measure Volume in a Single Measurement

This walkthrough demonstrates how to measure area, elevation, and volume in one continuous measurement.

Choose this workflow when your primary goal is to calculate terrain, grade, or cut and fill volumes and you don't need the flexibility of separate measurement layers.

In this walkthrough, you'll learn how to:

• Measure area and perimeter.

• Capture elevation throughout the measurement.

• Generate a 3D terrain model.

• Calculate cut and fill volumes.

• Review grade, surface mesh, and cross sections.

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Before You Start

Before measuring a driveway, we recommend that you're familiar with:

• Start & Finish a Measurement

• Understanding Measurement Types

• Understanding Path Types

• Master Layers (for multi-layer measurements)

• Measuring Technique

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Tips for Best Results

• Choose a memorable starting point so you can easily finish at the same location.

• Walk at a steady pace and place the device while the timer remains in the green zone, or no later than the amber zone.

• Use Straight Line for straight edges, Trace Line for sweeping curves, and Arc where obstacles prevent you from tracing the edge directly.

• When measuring additional layers, always begin from the same shared A–B reference line.

• When adding a volume layer, use Point B as your Point C. This creates a continuous measurement and makes your last point capture easily identifiable.

• Save your measurement after completing each layer.