A Better Way of Mapping Your Run than Running Ahead (Read 1072 times)

I found a better way to plan out a run ahead of time than using Running Ahead's course maps, or GMaps Pedometer or MayMyRun or America's Running Routes or any of those others. I created a video about how to do it: http://news.runtowin.com/2008/09/09/measure-and-map-running-routes.html Very fast, very easy. Only real downsides are that you can't use it for trails, and you can't easily share it with others automatically (other than creating links and emailing them, which is hardly as efficient as creating a public route here or at any of the other Google Mashup sites.)

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Uh, no, he's trying to help.

Great idea. Thanks for the tip.

Definitely much faster - especially for trying to figure out a long run. Instead of having to delete a lot of points and start over you can just drag the line out to a different street to extend the run and find out how far it is. Thanks Blaine Jeff

I believe the next version of RA's maps will do something like this. If using google, as the video shows, you need to set it from car to walking or it will respect the direction of one way streets.

Thanks, Trent. One of my friends pointed that out to me a little earlier, but I didn't realize that it did anything other than change the estimate for how long it would take. Good to know; I've updated the article to include that little tidbit.

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Uhm, I suppose its an advertisement for a video I made. I'm not selling anything specifically from that article, though, just trying to share a cool tip that occurred to me this past weekend. If you'd like to buy something from me, though, then I certainly won't object. MTA:

MTA: That came off as way more smart-aleck than I meant. My apologies.

No worries - I just wasn't sure what you were getting at. You are sitll welcome to buy stuff from me if you want to.

However, I agree with the other posters: no way to share (I guess you could save the directions, but the link is very long) and no elevation information. It's too bad google can't come up with something better.

I think its great for planning a route ahead of time or getting a quick estimate if you aren't sure how far something is after the fact, but I still plan on using MotionBased or RA to actually share maps. It was very useful for planning a 15 mile route from the house for my wife, although I neglected to tell her how hilly the run was going to be. Builds character, right?

Use the "Get directions" feature of Google Maps. Put in the same starting and ending point. Separate the points a bit then drag the route around to where ever you want. Change mode of transportation from driving to walking. Only works on streets.

Okey doke. Got the gist now. Thanks for the info!