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Hello All,
Have been doing a lot of local running recently around marked tracks and footpaths. I cant find a decent free mapping device which will allow me to plot the routes we have run and work out the miles covered. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance :confused:
I use runningahead.com but there are loads of similar ones
I use one called Mapometer.com. seems pretty good.
I use the Map My Fitness sites (www.mapmyrun.com) which are great for road running but crap for fell. If you want to plot routes on OS maps for free then try http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ - it's not amazing but it does the trick.
I used MapMyRun for ages, as like you I was mostly running tracks and footpaths, however if you go off the beaten track it is indeed pretty crap - relying on your best guess at the route taken. I recently bought a Garmin Forerunner and use Sporttracks, a combination which is infinitely better, but obviously not free!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam Harrison
I use this http://www.grough.co.uk/route/
It`s not free but at £1-80 month for full country 1:25,000 scale mapping with full digital Functionality and the facility to upload/download from GPS, plus the facility to print.
I reckon it`s a bargain
Me too - but I'm going to try the Grough option.Quote:
Originally Posted by DazTheSlug
Go to Googlemaps
type in your starting point - then go to 'satellite view' and enlarge it so you can see where you went
On the left of the screen go to 'My maps' click on it
then click on 'distance measurement tool' (choose either metric or imperial
then start drawing your route (if you make a mistake use 'delete last point' tool
It's free too (incidentally nearly all the other measurement tools are based on google maps)
That's the one I use. Can't fault it at the price.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnK
OS explore is really quite good too, if you don't take their distant measurements too seriously (mileage is often a mile or more than they calculate).
http://explore.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
I use bikehike.com it has free os mapping and you can upload gps files. It also provides height gain/loss graphs.
Actually, whilst we're on the subject, does anyone know any mapping software that will calculate distance on the ground as opposed to distance as the crow flies. Google Maps, along with every other mapping software I've used, ignores ascent and descent and hence if you're run/walk/cycle is over very hilly ground, the actual distance travelled (on the ground) can be quite a bit longer than the distance the map will show.
I.e. If you go up a hill that's 1000m high, and as the crow flies (i.e. on the map) it is 5km, then the actual on the ground distance would be (by the wonders of Pythagarus) roughly 5.1km.
I know it doesn't make a great difference, but on some ALs it can add another mile or so onto the run.
just used this - it's brilliant, way better than mapmyrun / mapometer because you can use OS mapping to follow off-road path-routes exactlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Yorkshire Pud
only bugger was, I couldn't figure out how to save my route once I'd plotted it! Perhaps it doesn't let you, like mapometer does?
try www.walkjogrun.com maps your runs mileage, and accent/decent on graph
thanks Woodzy, but it looks pretty similar to mapometer etc - doesn't have the OS mapping? Which makes it difficult to plot your route - unless the paths you run along are so well-defined that you can see them all on the satellite imagery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodzy
signed up for the Grough mapping service and cant log on to it at all just keep getting the message authentication token is invalid and javascript void... can anyone help??
Can I help... probably not. Might be worth checking whether you need to update Java
I use an android 'phone (with built-in gps) and Runkeeper. For simplicity (start-stop) it take's some beating. The cost of the 'phone is quite an investment though.
Hi philt1 - you could try using a different browser. By choice I use Firefox but on occasion have had some problems on the grough website - agree with others that this is the site for quality mapping.
BikeHike doesn't allow to save routes online, which is the only negative about it IMHO as otherwise it is excellent. You used to be able to do this but the owner disabled the functionality due to potential legal issues. What you can do though is download the route to a file, then upload it again when you next want to use it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZootHornRollo
righto, glad it wasn't just me being denseQuote:
Originally Posted by r0bh