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It would be cool if Google Maps could show you a cross
section
of the earth showing the change in elevation of your
route.
I rented a U-haul truck when I moved from Boise Idaho to
Chicago. It was in the middle of winter. We were pulling
one
of our cars behind us. I wanted to know the places
that
had
very steep roads going up or down. I wanted to know the
places that had the highest elevation.
They have 3D mountains which are sort of pretty to look
at,
but if they just did a cross sectional view, it would be
easier
(just 2D), and more useful.
This would be especially useful for bikers.
Exaggerated vertical scale
http://cache3.asset...5CDB01E70F2B3269972
(Or understated horizontal scale.) [mouseposture, Mar 27 2011]
http://www.openstreetmap.org/
[pocmloc, Mar 28 2011]
Google Elevation API
http://code.google....levation/index.html
Looks like google do provide some hooks for just this functionality - all you need to do is build (or get someone to build) a suitable user interface. [zen_tom, Mar 28 2011]
[link]
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// They have 3D mountains // |
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May we point out that there seems to be a dearth of 2-dimensional mountains. Indeed, the very concept of a "mountain" does embody some element of three dimensionality. A two dimensional mountain is typically known as a "plain". |
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Real bikers, the sort that leave a blue haze of imperfectly combusted lubricants behind their 100 BHP iron horses as they roar past at far above the speed limit, or the bulging-calved silly-trouser-clad pedal-pushers who deserve nothing more than a sharp blow to the base of the skull immediately followed by a swift and unceremonious interment in a shallow unmarked grave, along with the crushed remains of their velocipede, if any ? |
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The technology exists, mapmyfitness.com does both
the elevation view and overlays (USGS) topographical
maps. |
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And you're right, it's extremely useful for real bikers,
less so the ones who use the name without even
having anything resembling "bike" in the name of
their vehicle. |
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There are numerous cyclists’ mapping websites which do exactly this. Not every online mapping utility uses google, you know! |
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How about a cross section in which the horizontal scale is
different from the vertical, like <link>. Not sure, otherwise,
if even fairly steep grades wouldn't be visually
distinguishable from flat terrain. |
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As long as there are deep holes for the push-bikers to plummet into to their doom, no=-one will mind. |
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Seems perfectly reasonable to me - a simple contour map could be overlaid onto the map - there used to be all sorts of optional map overlays people 'mashed up' - I'd hope that this existed in some form out there somewhere. |
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//A two dimensional mountain is typically known as a "plain".// - or a "graph" |
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