Precise length and area measurements based upon ground-traverse distances and location information

A system for determining a ground-traverse distance for a user, the system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium associated with a measuring wheel having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program instructs a first processing element to perform the following steps:
• acquire a ground-traverse distance from a ground-traverse element of the measuring wheel;
• acquire a plurality of time stamps related to the ground-traverse distance;
• sending a set of measurement information to a user device associated with the user;
• wherein the set of measurement information includes information indicative of the ground-traverse distance and the plurality of time stamps;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium associated with the user device having a computer program stored thereon, wherein the computer program instructs a second processing element to perform the following steps:
• receive the set of measurement information from the measuring wheel;
• acquire location information from a location element associated with the user device at a time that corresponds with each timestamp of the plurality of time stamps;
• determine, based upon said location information, a location stamp that is associated with each time stamp, such that the location stamp approximates the location of the measuring wheel at the time stamp.

A computerized method for determining an area of a landmark, the method comprising the following steps:

• acquire a ground-traverse distance from a ground-traverse element of a measuring wheel,
• wherein the measuring wheel is being operated by a user to measure the landmark;
• acquire a plurality of time stamps related to the ground-traverse distance;
• acquire location information from a location element at a time that corresponds with each timestamp of the plurality of time stamps;
• determine, based upon said location information, a location stamp that is associated with each time stamp, such that the location stamp approximates the location of the measuring wheel at the time stamp;
• and
• calculate an area of the landmark based upon the ground-traverse distance and the location information.