Web Site
Runningmap
http://www.runningmap.com
Is that shortcut through the neighbor's yard really shorter? Now you can find out. Runningmap.com lets you measure off the distance of any twisty, turning route you can draw on a map, even if you go off of roads. We used it to check the two routes to school we walk, and found out that one is a whole 4/100 of a mile shorter.
Click the "Elevation" button and you'll get a second window that shows your up- and downhill climbing distance. We found out that the shorter route to school is also 42 feet more of a climb.
Besides the obvious math here, I liked doing this with the kids, because I'm always trying to drill a sense of direction into them. So as we drew our route I asked them, "OK, now what direction are we walking when we turn here?"
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