Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Route Elevation etc.

Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.




View Full Version : Route Elevation etc.


WhaleOil
03-28-08, 02:03 PM
I have a program called Terrain Navigator http://www.maptech.com/land/index.cfm but this was way before DeLorme came out with topos. An older program, expensive at the time but works well for me.

Sometimes I see posts of bike routes that give elevation and distance in a graph type format which maptech does but I was wondering which ones you guys use.

thanks!

-eric


Tom Stormcrowe
03-28-08, 02:05 PM
I use http://www.mapmyride.com

It doesall that and then I either screenshot it for a direct image or link it. ;)


I have a program called Terrain Navigator http://www.maptech.com/land/index.cfm but this was way before DeLorme came out with topos. An older program, expensive at the time but works well for me.

Sometimes I see posts of bike routes that give elevation and distance in a graph type format which maptech does but I was wondering which ones you guys use.

thanks!

-eric

WhaleOil
03-28-08, 02:31 PM
Yep, that's just what I was looking for Tom.....

A virtual plethora of info, Thank you!

-eric


Bill Kapaun
03-28-08, 03:03 PM
I use mapmyride, but find the elevations to be quite suspect. It makes my ride look much hillier than it really is.

bigtruck
03-28-08, 03:05 PM
http://www.bikely.com/

I have found bikely elevations to be the most accurate

Mazama
03-28-08, 03:49 PM
What the hell is, "elevation?"

bigtruck
03-28-08, 04:13 PM
What the hell is, "elevation?"

LOL, Take a visit to San Francisco and you will learn all about it within a mile or two

Tom Stormcrowe
03-28-08, 04:28 PM
In your neck of the woods, elevation is a speedbump in a parking lot ;)


What the hell is, "elevation?"

bigtruck
03-28-08, 04:39 PM
Elevation is 800 Ft drop to the ocean from house

heckler
03-28-08, 05:29 PM
for elevations it would appear that bridges are not taken into account. I tried to map out a route over a bridge on mapmyride and it brought me to -12 feet. all my routes look like there are full of mountains, until you see the range :( new jersey is flat most of my routes range from 15 ft to 140 if i am lucky

Mazama
03-28-08, 06:15 PM
In your neck of the woods, elevation is a speedbump in a parking lot ;)

Actually, the new term is, "Speed Table" and to warn you of the upcoming inconvenience, there are signs that warn: "Traffic Calming Ahead." Shhhesh. Political correctness has made it to asphalt! Don't you dare call that thing a "Bump!"

racethenation
03-28-08, 07:31 PM
http://www.bikely.com/

I have found bikely elevations to be the most accurate

Thanks for this recommendation I had not seen this site before. In theory the elevation profiles should be the same from mapmyride to Bikely because they are using the same data from Google. However, I like Bikely's presentation better, especially the total distance climbed and descended info.