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.
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mfox South Orange, New Jersey Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 367
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.
XC_Runner88 Hood-Ridge, NJ Joined: 26 Dec 2005 Posts: 4
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.
