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GreyBeard
Any chance a couple of fields could be added to input these values. Is really valuable information especially on hillier runs.
MTA: I know that GPS read provides this information but would like to see it on the main page with the other values (page, HR max, HR avg, etc. ). So figured me manually entering would be easier than pulling from GPS data..??
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That would be great!!!
Right now I'm (poorly) manually keeping track of week's total elevation gains. Would love to be able to graph "Elevation Gain (High - Low)" and "Elevation Gain (Cumulative)" as a Y-Axis items similar to the other items.
Eric, your work is stellar. This is about the only feature "missing" for me, for what I do.
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Here's a site I personally sometimes use to get elevation profiles when planning runs:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
Note the "Elevation: off | small | large" capability.
They're picking up X, Y, and Z coordinates off the Google API it appears.
Rather than using the elevation data off the GPS, it seems it would be much more accurate to use the X, Y coordinates off the GPS to then pick up the elevation for those X, Y coordinates from the Google API.
Here's a favorite Colorado Springs run you can test with:
http://www.stepwhere.com/maps/route/Manitou-Incline-return-on-Barr-Trail
You can Share/Download the GPX file.
Many of the athletes at the Olympic Training Center here train on this beat. I've Apolo Anton Ohno hops up 1,000 vertical feet on one leg and then hops up the other 1,000 vertical feet on the other leg.
Any thoughts on using the Google data for elevation rather than the GPS's?
Here's what I meant:
If you map the course from a Forerunner and upload it to RA it will initially display the raw GPS elevation, which is very rough. Then if you uncheck the elevation profile, then check it back on again, it will display the Google elevation profile (much more accurate).
I'm not a techie but could you use the resulting Garmin elevation data for these calculations?
Thanks for the tip/hack. Now I recognize the elevation profile on my runs (and rides).