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How to Measure Driveway or Patio Square Footage With Your iPhone

Switch the map to Satellite and tap the corners of the driveway or patio — Area updates live in square feet, square meters or square yards. No tape measure, no walking across wet concrete, no asking a neighbor to hold the other end.

2 min read · Updated 2026-09-07

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Why tap it on satellite instead of taping it

A driveway or patio is usually a plain rectangle or an L, sure, but a tape measure still means two people, a line you have to hold dead straight, and rounding to the nearest foot anyway. Tapping the corners on the satellite photo pulls the same shape straight off the imagery and leaves the geometry to the app.

Steps in LandMeasure

  1. Open the Map tab and pick Satellite or Hybrid so you can see the slab or paving clearly.
  2. Zoom in until the driveway or patio fills most of the screen; corners are easier to place accurately when they are large on screen.
  3. Tap Measure, then Measure Area. If no project is open yet, the New Project sheet appears first.
  4. Tap each corner of the paved area in order, following its edge. For an L-shaped driveway, tap every corner of the L, not just the four outer ones.
  5. Read Area and Perimeter live above the toolbar, then tap the green checkmark to save.

Worked example: a 3.5 m by 12 m driveway

A single-car driveway, 3.5 m wide and 12 m long, tapped as a plain rectangle, came out like this across the app's units:

Same driveway, in every area unit LandMeasure offers
UnitArea
Square Meters (m²)42 m²
Square Feet (ft²)452.1 ft²
Square Yards (yd²)50.23 yd²

Perimeter came out at 31 m (101.7 ft), which is handy for pricing the edging too.

Patios and slabs work the same way

Same method, smaller patio, 4 m by 5 m:

A 4 x 5 m patio
UnitArea
Square Meters (m²)20 m²
Square Feet (ft²)215.3 ft²
Square Yards (yd²)23.92 yd²

Tips

  • Set your unit first in Settings > Units > Area, so Points, Area and Perimeter read in whatever you quote in.
  • Curved edge on the driveway? Add more corners around it rather than cutting straight across — each extra tap tightens the trace.
  • No subtraction here, so trace the paved surface itself, not the wider lot sitting around it.
  • Two edges crossing on screen shows up as Area '—' instead of a wrong number. Move the last corner until it stops crossing itself.

Questions and answers

Can I measure a driveway without walking on it?
Yes. Tapping corners on the satellite map works wherever the imagery shows, standing there or sitting on your couch, location on or off.
Does it account for the slope of a sloped driveway?
No, it measures the flat footprint seen from above, not the sloped surface. A steep driveway's real paved surface runs a bit larger than whatever number the app gives you.
Can I measure a driveway and a patio in the same project?
Yes, though the free tier only keeps one saved measurement per project — try a second and you'll hit the upgrade screen instead. Start a second project, or get LandMeasure Pro for unlimited measurements in one.

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