kurt
Boston, MA
Joined: 21 Jul 2005
Posts: 3
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Useful distance mapping tool Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:40 pm |
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hi all,
please excuse me if this has already been posted to this forum. i thought some might find it useful though.
http://www.sueandpaul.com/gmapPedometer/
they merged google's map with a distance calculator. you can trace out your favorite run route and see how far it is. but now that i write this...i'm not sure it takes into account altitude changes. i think her notes only mentioned latitude & longitude.
-k
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mfox
South Orange, New Jersey
Joined: 19 Dec 2004
Posts: 367
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Re: Useful distance mapping tool Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2005 10:16 am |
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Nice! I tried this over a short (4 mile) measured course around my neighborhood and it was very accurate.
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ginger
Cambridge, MA
Joined: 08 Dec 2004
Posts: 46
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Re: Useful distance mapping tool Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 9:35 pm |
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yeah it's pretty neat. You can go off-roading too.
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XC_Runner88
Hood-Ridge, NJ
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 4
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Re: Useful distance mapping tool Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:51 pm |
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Or you can just go to the original source of the tool...
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
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Rickshaw
Runworks 2005 5M Racer
San Francisco, CA
Joined: 26 Nov 2004
Posts: 1153
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Re: Useful distance mapping tool Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:57 pm |
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That's cool, I never actually tried the original version. It seems a bit awkward to set your route with much precision, though. I actually use National Geographic's TOPO! software for route measuring purposes, but this is a pretty sweet free alternative.
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XC_Runner88
Hood-Ridge, NJ
Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 4
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Re: Useful distance mapping tool Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:54 pm |
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It's actually not as difficult as it seems to plot it accurately. You just have to plot several points on the turns, so as to make it a curve instead of a straight line. Just set the zoom on 0 in hybrid mode and you can see the details of the streets plus have their names.
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