*8 More Ways** to Map Your Ride*

We got lots of e-mail after issue No. 312's note about a course mapping
website called /runningmap.com <http://www.runningmap.com/>/. It's not
the only site that lets you design routes or measure roads ridden -- not
by a long shot -- and it sounds like it may not be the best.

If you're interested in an online way to calculate courses, check these
other sites too. We can't vouch for them, but these roadies do:

---http://www.toporoute.com <http://www.toporoute.com/> doesn't require
clicking multiple times to go around a curve. It has logic to follow the
road. For bike paths and shortcuts that aren't roads, it allows you to
"not follow the road." It also has an elevation feature. You can even
create a link to your route and e-mail it to friends. /-- Kurt J./

---http://www.bikely.com <http://www.bikely.com/> uses Google maps. It's
got some great features including an elevation chart. I've been using it
for years. -- /Cory B./

---http://www.mapmyride.com <http://www.mapmyride.com/> lets riders save
their routes and e-mail them to friends or post them on the Map My Ride
website for access by the internet community. This could be a good
source for finding a decent route when visiting an unfamiliar area. A
route can be uploaded to Google Earth to overlay it there. /-- Bob B./

/www.mapmyride.com/ has a "follow roads" option where you don't have to
put lots of points around curves to get accurate results. /-- Mike E./

---http://veloroutes.org <http://veloroutes.org/> offers GPX and Google
Earth export plus auto-routing, a feature that makes the route lines
"snap" to the road. /-- Matt M/., /veloroutes/ creator

---http://www.routeslip.com <http://www.routeslip.com/> has many routes
mapped out and also includes elevation profiles. /-- Tracy G./

---http://www.cyclistnexus.com <http://www.cyclistnexus.com/> is very
much a work in progress but there are some /awesome/ features. You can
track weekly mileage, favorite routes, weekly elevation gain and heart
rate info. Plus you can plan out events and group rides. Keep an eye on
it. /-- Tim A./

---http://maps.google.com <http://maps.google.com/>. I like Google maps.
They can automatically follow the corners for you. Google also gives
turn-by-turn written directions for those who are map-reading
challenged. Unfortunately the time estimates are off since it assumes
you will be traveling at the speed limit. It also doesn't give you an
elevation profile. Here's the route of a recent 78.5-km ride:
http://tinyurl.com/2exx6b /-- Michael N/.

---http://www.gmap-pedometer.com <http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/> can
use a hybrid view of satellite with street names. When your trusted
Cateye computer is on the fritz then you can count on this site to count
your miles. /-- Bob S/.

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xkenroberts wrote:
>> Here is one for cyclist with a Catskill ride
>> including 15000' vertical
>> http://bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Catskills-Hill-Tour
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> Have you ridden it? I've never done 15000 vertical feet in a day.
>
> How did you find out it was 15000 vertical feet? Does the bikely.com
> website allow you to calculate that somehow?
>
> Looks like six major climbs on that route:
> 1) Platte Clove Rd
> 2) Peekamoose northeast side
> 3) Sugarloaf
> 4) something else near Sugarloaf
> 5) Peekamoose southwest side
> 6) Meads Mountain Rd
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> Ken
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