[{"question":{"category_id":1079187,"account_id":31056,"created_at":"2025-10-08T22:22:07.119Z","tag_names":["measurement","sizing"],"answer_sample":"Quick Measure How to measure lines and areas on the map — and print them Measure ","long_answer_sample":"Quick Measure How to measure lines and areas on the map — and print them Measure things on the map, then print them out. In this guide you will measure a line (like the length of a driveway) and an area (like a back yard), fix anything you got wrong, and then put it all on a piece of paper. It takes about five minutes. Step 1 — Click the ruler The r","language_id":2,"id":3535131,"last_published_date":"September 9th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/GS?bg=6a8d88\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/32507a6a05c02387947a90c2e833fb38.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"GRIP  Support","indexable_body":"quick measure lines areas map — print things map, out. guide will line (like length driveway) area back yard), fix anything got wrong, put piece paper. takes five minutes. step 1 click ruler lives strip buttons right-hand side map. start measuring. tip finished, button again.   2 meet toolbar appears along bottom everything need here. arrow select measurement made pencil draw new eraser hide label want coloured dots choose colour + mix crossed-out eye show labels hid magnet snap neatly onto corners edges cog settings metres, kilometres, arrows pointing away bin delete measurements 3 1. pencil, shape (circled below). 2. starts. every corner. go. 3. press enter finish. (double-clicking right-clicking works too.) part shows length. σ end total. oops esc throw still drawing. 4 five-sided one. way around outside thing measuring, enter. now get size space inside. 5 change one drew wrong corner spot for. change. little bar pops up. use measurement. another thick thin make fatter skinnier switch turn one’s just grip (the left) drag somewhere less annoying can move it. sitting top something. 4. single changes including removes shortcut right-click goes straight away. empty 6 dot draw. lets own. 7 metres kilometres settings. swap m² hectares. dynamic picks whichever fits best. 8 inwards. disappears stay right are. 9 printer buttons. area. frame keep, fill boxes paper size, title like. create pdf. pdf downloads. open lines, come exactly see screen. keys worth knowing key finish drawing double-click remove (with arrow) three handy extras clicks property edges, measuring section exact instead nearly right. hides without deleting brings hidden back. clears worry asks first. accuracy technical specifications · uses nztm coordinate system calculations suitable preliminary estimates verification substitute professional surveying high precision application guidelines site assessment verify survey data consider understand limitations legal purposes","name":"Map - Quick Measure","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"map-measurement-tools","first_category":"Using the Map","categories_display_for_views":"Using the Map","parent_categories":[1079187],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/using-the-map/map-measurement-tools?from_search=243038241","host":"https://help.grip.co.nz","body_txt":"quick measure lines areas map — print things map, out. guide will line (like length driveway) area back yard), fix anything got wrong, put piece paper. takes five minutes. step 1 click ruler lives strip buttons right-hand side map. start measuring. tip finished, button again.   2 meet toolbar appears along bottom everything need here. arrow select measurement made pencil draw new eraser hide label want coloured dots choose colour + mix crossed-out eye show labels hid magnet snap neatly onto corners edges cog settings metres, kilometres, arrows pointing away bin delete measurements 3 1. pencil, shape (circled below). 2. starts. every corner. go. 3. press enter finish. (double-clicking right-clicking works too.) part shows length. σ end total. oops esc throw still drawing. 4 five-sided one. way around outside thing measuring, enter. now get size space inside. 5 change one drew wrong corner spot for. change. little bar pops up. use measurement. another thick thin make fatter skinnier switch turn one’s just grip (the left) drag somewhere less annoying can move it. sitting top something. 4. single changes including removes shortcut right-click goes straight away. empty 6 dot draw. lets own. 7 metres kilometres settings. swap m² hectares. dynamic picks whichever fits best. 8 inwards. disappears stay right are. 9 printer buttons. area. frame keep, fill boxes paper size, title like. create pdf. pdf downloads. open lines, come exactly see screen. keys worth knowing key finish drawing double-click remove (with arrow) three handy extras clicks property edges, measuring section exact instead nearly right. hides without deleting brings hidden back. clears worry asks first. accuracy technical specifications · uses nztm coordinate system calculations suitable preliminary estimates verification substitute professional surveying high precision application guidelines site assessment verify survey data consider understand limitations legal purposes","categories":{"current":{"id":1079187,"name":"Using the Map","url":"/using-the-map"}},"category_param":"using-the-map"}},{"question":{"category_id":1079187,"account_id":31056,"created_at":"2026-09-14T02:14:00.288Z","tag_names":["legend","parcel"],"answer_sample":"Colour parcels, name them in a legend, and put them on a printed sheet. Figure 1.","long_answer_sample":"Colour parcels, name them in a legend, and put them on a printed sheet. Figure 1. A markup: the subject site, the neighbours who have given written approval, one who has not, and a right of way easement — with its legend on the map. In this guide What Mark up is — and what to know before you start Start Mark up — the brush on the right-hand toolbar ","language_id":2,"id":3935693,"last_published_date":"September 24th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/GS?bg=6a8d88\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/32507a6a05c02387947a90c2e833fb38.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"GRIP  Support","indexable_body":"colour parcels, name legend, put printed sheet. figure 1. markup subject site, neighbours given written approval, one not, right way easement — legend map. guide mark know start brush right-hand toolbar every key, glance fill parcels time, block sweep take fills unfill change parcel bar recolour, name, clear easements overlap hatched fills, “also here” colours goes sheet minimise, come back stays map print measuring marking together phone keys, quick answers walkthrough follows job finish resource consent site must shown, approval nearby. section stands own, can go straight need. 1   what lets neighbours, road vested explain legend. see prints onto print. filled, including hydro easements. sits boundary lines, boundaries, labels marks stay readable. builds itself. use gets row, ready named. row left time. move around, open panels measure, it. computer. work phone. note  nothing saved yet. lives page reloads tab closes, gone. grip may reload renew sign-in long rather leaving tab. 2   start side map, measure . 2. key toolbar. click lights appears along bottom read line always says current tool will next, greyed greyed. 3. bottom, hint left. panel away, sit colouring. still on. 3   the 4. toolbar, numbered match table below.   select recolour it, drag starts select. colour. hold mouse block. filled run them. filled. 4 colours, add heading, choose whether shows 5 next blue, orange, red purple, plus add. 6 eight preset like. 7 started, reminder saved. 8 minimise puts away. 9 takes whole asks first. something rest pointer moment longer description line. 5. resting   fill pick white ring. parcel. names example “lot 21 dp 2257 · style prints”. 6. orange. ring went. here, blue. on, press button first across want, let go. crosses 7. holding sweeping behind lot crosses. two lots either too. 8. neighbours. tip  a ever fills. going twice forth freely. single different clicking clears another changes good know  while dragging instead moving switch fill. zooming wheel works tool.   take sweeps quick, sometimes catch many. changes. alone. 9. last sweep. confirms cleared. least without changing tool, (next section).   change , bar. just parcel, closes anywhere else 10. neighbouring lots, table. covers need see. parcel’s appellation, for. choosing makes opens highlighted unnamed only. stays. delete same. neighbour red. new 11. recoloured tip  press esc close pressing select, throughout.   easements lie others burdens, example. easements, turn non primary layer control picks smallest usually easement, aiming underneath. several overlap, steps next. solid, reads differently lot, beneath visible. 12. shown hatched. (1) switches beneath. used rows, hatched, named is.   name mean paper listed, waiting name. 13. use, none type heading want one. beside swatch. appear type. save. arrows rows order × off, leaves done. 14. style, rows. leave empty heading. bottom-right corner way. per style. down, off. legend… asking. stay, unnamed. done everything typed applied. switched showing will. 15. four styles know  rows appears. goes, all.   more colours. dashed + presets, join bar, uses list. 16. picker 10   minimise, colouring, information usual. dot remind 17. minimised dot. carry again. comes back, time 18. markup. 11   print separate shading step whatever area fitted looking at, box inside panel. wear changed up, here. area, title block, create pdf. 19. (1), 20. corner. 21. know  the lists area. outside frame, though frame prints. 12   measuring (the ruler, brush) share measurements ruler away way, 22. measurement stays, 13   clear again, exactly anything does. 23. first, lost. undone. keep question nothing. instead. 14   on made desk tab, all, phone’s colouring needs bigger screen. computer 24. show. 15   keys, keyboard thing list markup, returns open, zooms anyway, why. waits “no there”. landed ground zoom missing clicked fill, back. markups them, closing renewing yes. control, setting size, scale, sits, covered guide, - printing","name":"Map - mark up parcels and build a legend","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"map-mark-up-parcels-and-build-a-legend","first_category":"Using the Map","categories_display_for_views":"Using the Map","parent_categories":[1079187],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/using-the-map/map-mark-up-parcels-and-build-a-legend?from_search=243038241","host":"https://help.grip.co.nz","body_txt":"colour parcels, name legend, put printed sheet. figure 1. markup subject site, neighbours given written approval, one not, right way easement — legend map. guide mark know start brush right-hand toolbar every key, glance fill parcels time, block sweep take fills unfill change parcel bar recolour, name, clear easements overlap hatched fills, “also here” colours goes sheet minimise, come back stays map print measuring marking together phone keys, quick answers walkthrough follows job finish resource consent site must shown, approval nearby. section stands own, can go straight need. 1   what lets neighbours, road vested explain legend. see prints onto print. filled, including hydro easements. sits boundary lines, boundaries, labels marks stay readable. builds itself. use gets row, ready named. row left time. move around, open panels measure, it. computer. work phone. note  nothing saved yet. lives page reloads tab closes, gone. grip may reload renew sign-in long rather leaving tab. 2   start side map, measure . 2. key toolbar. click lights appears along bottom read line always says current tool will next, greyed greyed. 3. bottom, hint left. panel away, sit colouring. still on. 3   the 4. toolbar, numbered match table below.   select recolour it, drag starts select. colour. hold mouse block. filled run them. filled. 4 colours, add heading, choose whether shows 5 next blue, orange, red purple, plus add. 6 eight preset like. 7 started, reminder saved. 8 minimise puts away. 9 takes whole asks first. something rest pointer moment longer description line. 5. resting   fill pick white ring. parcel. names example “lot 21 dp 2257 · style prints”. 6. orange. ring went. here, blue. on, press button first across want, let go. crosses 7. holding sweeping behind lot crosses. two lots either too. 8. neighbours. tip  a ever fills. going twice forth freely. single different clicking clears another changes good know  while dragging instead moving switch fill. zooming wheel works tool.   take sweeps quick, sometimes catch many. changes. alone. 9. last sweep. confirms cleared. least without changing tool, (next section).   change , bar. just parcel, closes anywhere else 10. neighbouring lots, table. covers need see. parcel’s appellation, for. choosing makes opens highlighted unnamed only. stays. delete same. neighbour red. new 11. recoloured tip  press esc close pressing select, throughout.   easements lie others burdens, example. easements, turn non primary layer control picks smallest usually easement, aiming underneath. several overlap, steps next. solid, reads differently lot, beneath visible. 12. shown hatched. (1) switches beneath. used rows, hatched, named is.   name mean paper listed, waiting name. 13. use, none type heading want one. beside swatch. appear type. save. arrows rows order × off, leaves done. 14. style, rows. leave empty heading. bottom-right corner way. per style. down, off. legend… asking. stay, unnamed. done everything typed applied. switched showing will. 15. four styles know  rows appears. goes, all.   more colours. dashed + presets, join bar, uses list. 16. picker 10   minimise, colouring, information usual. dot remind 17. minimised dot. carry again. comes back, time 18. markup. 11   print separate shading step whatever area fitted looking at, box inside panel. wear changed up, here. area, title block, create pdf. 19. (1), 20. corner. 21. know  the lists area. outside frame, though frame prints. 12   measuring (the ruler, brush) share measurements ruler away way, 22. measurement stays, 13   clear again, exactly anything does. 23. first, lost. undone. keep question nothing. instead. 14   on made desk tab, all, phone’s colouring needs bigger screen. computer 24. show. 15   keys, keyboard thing list markup, returns open, zooms anyway, why. waits “no there”. landed ground zoom missing clicked fill, back. markups them, closing renewing yes. control, setting size, scale, sits, covered guide, - printing","categories":{"current":{"id":1079187,"name":"Using the Map","url":"/using-the-map"}},"category_param":"using-the-map"}},{"question":{"category_id":1086263,"account_id":31056,"created_at":"2025-11-24T06:36:05.035Z","tag_names":["aerial imagery accuracy","boundary accuracy","boundary coordinates","boundary location"],"answer_sample":"Understanding boundary accuracy in New Zealand What you need to know about bounda","long_answer_sample":"Understanding boundary accuracy in New Zealand What you need to know about boundaries in GRIP At first glance, boundary accuracy seems straightforward. However, it's crucial to understand that boundaries shown on a map are digital representations, not the actual, legal boundary locations on the ground. Only Licensed Cadastral Surveyors have the lega","language_id":2,"id":3598268,"last_published_date":"February 2nd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/GS?bg=6a8d88\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/32507a6a05c02387947a90c2e833fb38.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"GRIP  Support","indexable_body":"navigating grip map accessing marks mark order click layers icon open panel \"**marks**\" layer group \"**boundary**\" turn boundary \"**mark order**\" image aerial view small town rural area, featuring network roads intersecting several buildings, including residential homes commercial structures. landscape includes patches greenery vehicles parked along streets. layout suggests mix developed areas spaces, typical community setting. area green spaces. structures, large red-roofed building smaller houses, arranged around roads. right side, control displaying various options understanding accuracy new zealand need know boundaries first glance, seems straightforward. however, crucial understand shown digital representations, actual, legal locations ground. licensed cadastral surveyors authority define true location property boundary. article helps data displayed grip—so level precision expect particular use case. step 1 determine project requires survey-accurate work precise, legally-defensible locations, must engage surveyor. will physically survey can indicative accept statistical estimate assess likely following steps below. 2 identify interested in. determined \"order\" end line. assigned number indicates precision. relevant display information edit tutorial   3 metres identified numbers marks, table metres. status land 95% (metres)  order (bearings distance captured plans) urban 0.20 7 0.50 8 non (digitisation record maps) 5 9 10 20 remote 100 11 12 notes means points accurate value. percentage may significantly less (outliers). (most accurate) (least indicating coordinates landonline. vs cadastre, mostly coordinates, 12. source ( link ) 4 consider context viewing overlaid imagery layers, assume everything accuracy. mismatch photos necessarily mean wrong—it imagery. 4.1 check modern regional typically ±1 metre 90% confidence interval. vary datasets. button bottom-left corner review metadata detail, search dataset name online find full documentation screenshot showing example 4.2 account gps data, tools using navigate coordinate, common position handheld cellphone - worth considering too. summary multiple factors case – estimates navigation devices introduce margin error requiring certainty precise measurements, always","name":"Boundary accuracy in New Zealand","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"boundary-accuracy-in-new-zealand","first_category":"Understanding Land Data","categories_display_for_views":"Understanding Land Data","parent_categories":[1086263],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/public/boundary-accuracy-in-new-zealand?from_search=243038241","host":"https://help.grip.co.nz","body_txt":"navigating grip map accessing marks mark order click layers icon open panel \"**marks**\" layer group \"**boundary**\" turn boundary \"**mark order**\" image aerial view small town rural area, featuring network roads intersecting several buildings, including residential homes commercial structures. landscape includes patches greenery vehicles parked along streets. layout suggests mix developed areas spaces, typical community setting. area green spaces. structures, large red-roofed building smaller houses, arranged around roads. right side, control displaying various options understanding accuracy new zealand need know boundaries first glance, seems straightforward. however, crucial understand shown digital representations, actual, legal locations ground. licensed cadastral surveyors authority define true location property boundary. article helps data displayed grip—so level precision expect particular use case. step 1 determine project requires survey-accurate work precise, legally-defensible locations, must engage surveyor. will physically survey can indicative accept statistical estimate assess likely following steps below. 2 identify interested in. determined \"order\" end line. assigned number indicates precision. relevant display information edit tutorial   3 metres identified numbers marks, table metres. status land 95% (metres)  order (bearings distance captured plans) urban 0.20 7 0.50 8 non (digitisation record maps) 5 9 10 20 remote 100 11 12 notes means points accurate value. percentage may significantly less (outliers). (most accurate) (least indicating coordinates landonline. vs cadastre, mostly coordinates, 12. source ( link ) 4 consider context viewing overlaid imagery layers, assume everything accuracy. mismatch photos necessarily mean wrong—it imagery. 4.1 check modern regional typically ±1 metre 90% confidence interval. vary datasets. button bottom-left corner review metadata detail, search dataset name online find full documentation screenshot showing example 4.2 account gps data, tools using navigate coordinate, common position handheld cellphone - worth considering too. summary multiple factors case – estimates navigation devices introduce margin error requiring certainty precise measurements, always","categories":{"current":{"id":1086263,"name":"Understanding Land Data","url":"/public"}},"category_param":"public"}}]