how to calculated walking miles

[+Globetrotter.uk]

Is there a way to work out how far I walked sing google maps or another map online?

[+rutson]

Can you not use the tracklog from your GPS?

[+Just Roger]

The best way is as Rutson says but it can be done on Google earth. Using the measuring tool draw a path and it'll tell you the length.

Edited May 1, 2008 by Just Roger

[+Globetrotter.uk]

wasnt set right

[+currykev]

I use a super-duper pedometer that calculates such distances with reasonable accuracy.

[+FollowMeChaps]

Fully agree with Ruston. Provided you reset your trip before departing your GPS will tell you exactly how far you have been, how long it took you, how long you stopped, what underwear you were wearing, and other relatively irrelevant information.

 

Power to your GPS!

[+rutson]

Hmmmm.... I'm a little wary of the GPS tracklog distance. Not very long ago, I found I'd "moved" almost half a mile while sat next to a wall eating my lunch! Clearly this was because the signal was dodgy (I was virtually sat on it). I also find that quite a distance can be racked up while at ground zero searching for caches.

[+dino-irl]

Downloading the track to Mapsource and deleting obvious erroneous points has served me well in the past. The spikes in areas of bad reception and chicken scratchings when searching for a cache are pretty obvious and easy to remove.

[+FollowMeChaps]

Hmmmm.... I'm a little wary of the GPS tracklog distance. Not very long ago, I found I'd "moved" almost half a mile while sat next to a wall eating my lunch! Clearly this was because the signal was dodgy (I was virtually sat on it). I also find that quite a distance can be racked up while at ground zero searching for caches.

 

I don't know you personally Ruston but doesn't this imply that you might have a signal blocking butt!

 

I'll now retire to a safe distance.

[+Alibags]

I also find that quite a distance can be racked up while at ground zero searching for caches.

 

I don't mind including the searching distance in my tracklog... after all, I walked around whilst looking for the cache! The little scribbles can be most amusing when you download them onto MM, for example...

 

[+rutson]

Hmmmm.... I'm a little wary of the GPS tracklog distance. Not very long ago, I found I'd "moved" almost half a mile while sat next to a wall eating my lunch! Clearly this was because the signal was dodgy (I was virtually sat on it). I also find that quite a distance can be racked up while at ground zero searching for caches.

 

I don't know you personally Ruston but doesn't this imply that you might have a signal blocking butt!

 

I'll now retire to a safe distance.

 

I'm sure if you DID know me personally, you'd be able to manage to copy the six letters of my name in order

[+Team Sieni]

Gah, newfangled gismos! You should use one of those little wheely measurer things to trace your route on the map.

[+FollowMeChaps]

I'm sure if you DID know me personally, you'd be able to manage to copy the six letters of my name in order

Ooops!

[+jerryo]

Don't all methods barring the pedometer omit the significance of changes in elevation? If you walk 5 miles along a slope that's on a 3 in 4 gradient (using the old 3,4,5 triangle), the GPSr tracklog or OS map will think you've only done 4 miles. Won't it?

Will it?

Gosh. I think this came up once before, but didn't seem to be resolved.

[+Just Roger]

Don't all methods barring the pedometer omit the significance of changes in elevation? If you walk 5 miles along a slope that's on a 3 in 4 gradient (using the old 3,4,5 triangle), the GPSr tracklog or OS map will think you've only done 4 miles. Won't it?

Will it?

Gosh. I think this came up once before, but didn't seem to be resolved.

 

I dont know about Memory Map but Anquet gives what it calls 'Flat Length' and 'Hidden Length', hidden taking just that effect into account.

[+FollowMeChaps]

Don't all methods barring the pedometer omit the significance of changes in elevation? If you walk 5 miles along a slope that's on a 3 in 4 gradient (using the old 3,4,5 triangle), the GPSr tracklog or OS map will think you've only done 4 miles. Won't it?

Will it?

Gosh. I think this came up once before, but didn't seem to be resolved.

I think that this thread attempts to tackle that one - too complcated for me.