Originally Posted by
LarryMelman
Is it true that Strava can only create routes by uploading from a mobile device? That's exactly what I don't want. Don't want to publish my activities to others and turn everything into a contest. ALL I need is to draw maps and measure distances.
Actually what I'd like, is a site where I can draw a map for a club ride, and then print a map that we can hand out at the ride which shows just the major streets without all the clutter of a Google map. I don't know of any site that supports this.
For basic map entry, ridewithgps seems like a good replacement for mapmyride.
It's pretty difficult to show the full route on one page, and still have most of the roads with readable names. But I used to see pretty good maps printed from the old pay PC mapping software, like Delorme, for instance.
ridewithgps maps:
Their "Export --> Print Map" only makes an overview map. It would be good to post on a blog or a ride's web page, but it's not usable as a handout for navigation.
---homemade maps---
I've sometimes zoomed in on the regular displayed route and made screen copies, then stitched 2 or 3 together to show the whole route. Saved as a jpg, then Open Office Write can import the jpg and easily make a PDF of the page. For a 30 to 50 mile loop, the street names are pretty small, but are just barely readable when printed on a laser printer.
Here's an example of a pdf (uploaded to google docs). I trimmed then merged three screen shots down the page to get the street names to show. This was a 1270x1630 pixel jpg that was scaled down to fit on the page.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&p...5NDI0ZDE&pli=1
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I even considered the pay version of ridewithgps for it's mapping features, but the example they show still just does an overview map without many street names showing.
ridewithgps also automatically creates a linkable small map overview image. It's great for adding to a ride posting:
