Hill route cross sections/profiles

Memory Map software does just that, and more.

"Tom Orr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Apologies if this has been asked before. Is there an easy way of
generating
a route profile or cross section from an OS map? I know I could do it with
pencil and paper but I want something much more accurate than that.
Software
generated perhaps.

I ask because I would like a profle of the short climb from St Margaret's
Loch to Dunsapie Loch on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.

Tom

http://www.arthursseatchallenge.co.uk

Tom Orr said:

Apologies if this has been asked before. Is there an easy way of generating
a route profile or cross section from an OS map? I know I could do it with
pencil and paper but I want something much more accurate than that. Software
generated perhaps.

I ask because I would like a profle of the short climb from St Margaret's
Loch to Dunsapie Loch on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh.

Tom

http://www.arthursseatchallenge.co.uk

Memory Map, Anquet etc would be the answer. However, if it's just this
one you're after, let me know your start/finish points and I'll generate
one for you and post a link to it here.

druidh

druidh wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Memory Map, Anquet etc would be the answer. However, if it's just this
one you're after, let me know your start/finish points and I'll
generate one for you and post a link to it here.

druidh

Druidh

If you could I would be very grateful. The start is on the road in the area
co-ordinate NT 277 739. The finish is in grid area NT 281 732 where the road
meets the loch.

I would also be grateful for an exact distance and height gained. At the
moment I have distance = 1.2 Km and height gained = 80 metres. The figures
can be used to generate a power output for the climb with a bit of
JavaScript on the web site.

Many thanks in advance

Tom.

http://www.arthursseatchallenge.co.uk

Tom Orr said:

druidh wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Memory Map, Anquet etc would be the answer. However, if it's just this
one you're after, let me know your start/finish points and I'll
generate one for you and post a link to it here.

druidh

Druidh

If you could I would be very grateful. The start is on the road in the area
co-ordinate NT 277 739. The finish is in grid area NT 281 732 where the road
meets the loch.

I would also be grateful for an exact distance and height gained. At the
moment I have distance = 1.2 Km and height gained = 80 metres. The figures
can be used to generate a power output for the climb with a bit of
JavaScript on the web site.

Not bad - I make it 1.18 Km and 78 metres. However, that could be down
to inexact placement of the waypoints. I suspect that the best way to
confirm the figure would be to measure it using a GPS.

In the mean time, jpg is here:

http://www.phills.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/aseatprof.jpg

druidh

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Not bad - I make it 1.18 Km and 78 metres. However, that could be down
to inexact placement of the waypoints. I suspect that the best way to
confirm the figure would be to measure it using a GPS.

In the mean time, jpg is here:

http://www.phills.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/aseatprof.jpg

druidh

Druidh

That is fantastic - exactly what I was looking for. It even has the little
changes in gradient which make it such a nasty little climb on a bike. I'm
glad my height and distance estimates were not too far out but I will plug
your figures in to get the power output formula spot on.

Many thanks. BTW what software, if any did you use?

Tom.

Tom Orr said:

"druidh" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Not bad - I make it 1.18 Km and 78 metres. However, that could be down
to inexact placement of the waypoints. I suspect that the best way to
confirm the figure would be to measure it using a GPS.

In the mean time, jpg is here:

http://www.phills.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/aseatprof.jpg

druidh

Druidh

That is fantastic - exactly what I was looking for. It even has the little
changes in gradient which make it such a nasty little climb on a bike. I'm
glad my height and distance estimates were not too far out but I will plug
your figures in to get the power output formula spot on.

Many thanks. BTW what software, if any did you use?

Tom.

That was Anquet.

Although I can;t make it for the next couple of weeks, I aim to measure
your route with a GPS and I'll let you know what I come up with. Now
I've read the exact start & finish points, I should get it spot on.

druidh

druidh wrote:
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Quoted message said:

Although I can;t make it for the next couple of weeks, I aim to
measure your route with a GPS and I'll let you know what I come up
with. Now I've read the exact start & finish points, I should get it
spot on.

druidh

Thanks Druidh. I've not been keeping up with advances in GPS in the last
five years. But it sounds like the accuracy is better as regards height than
they were. Are the civilian systems on a par with the military ones now?

Tom.