tomtom123
100 W
i want to find out the slope grade of some small hills near my house, i don't know how. Any sites with maps that shows the grade of each hill? i heard google maps does this, but i don't see it.
Any map sites to find out hill slope grade?
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parajared
10 kW
This is likely a reference to the Google Earth tab in google maps. The program Google Earth itself is worth a look too; you move your cursor over a spot on the map and it shows a pretty close estimation of the elevation.
TylerDurden
100 GW
Mapmyride.com has elevation charts, based on the selected route...
dogman dan
1 PW
Map my ride is the one I have used. Map less than a mile at a time to get the most accurate readings of the many different slopes on any one hill.
The fingers
10 TW
Topographical maps show changes in elevation. They might be better suited to off road, hiking, or hunting.
tomtom123
100 W
yea map my ride is awesome, using it now. shows grade and everything.dogman said:
Back in the day. I used topozone - counted the contour lines and used a ruler to measure distance. Not technically accurate on steep slopes, but close enough. I found all the best hills in my state that way. Then the site got bought out and they charged a fee to view the maps.
gaf
100 µW
Highly recommend Google Earth's Elevation Profiler.
You draw your route and it gives you a graph.
You draw your route and it gives you a graph.
friendly1uk
1 MW
Sadly a feature missing from many online maps for the first 10 years or so. I'm not sure how google maps got popular without it. Bing maps can switch to ordnance survey maps. They have contour lines and view points labeled. I use there land ranger maps whenever possible. The tools above are a lot more use to the op though, now that they exist.
Kingfish
100 MW
I started using Bikely.com back in 2010, although after a few months the servers were becoming troublesome. Then I switched to MapMyRide.Com - which has already been suggested. So for that trip to Cali in 2010... I used the first service, and the second was used for 2011.
About two years ago I worked on a project for a client where I integrated ArcGIS APIs into their user interface (UI) and then I began to understand how easy it is to create your own application. For the pedestrian, unless you're into writing code this task will be overwhelming. Although I think any freshman at programming could figure it out and achieve decent functionality.
DIY & Roll your own! KF :wink:
About two years ago I worked on a project for a client where I integrated ArcGIS APIs into their user interface (UI) and then I began to understand how easy it is to create your own application. For the pedestrian, unless you're into writing code this task will be overwhelming. Although I think any freshman at programming could figure it out and achieve decent functionality.
DIY & Roll your own! KF :wink:
