Mapping software for bike route maps

In article <[email hidden]>,

andy' trifox13atcovaddotnet said:

Has anyone used any of the mapping software out there to map out
favorite routes. I just returned from a small cycling camp and was
disappointed w/ the maps/directions for our routes. I have seen some
really nice maps showing both mileage and elevation profiles for one
day and multi-day tours. I was just wondering what software is used
to develop these and if it is pricey or difficult to use. Any
experience out there.

For a brevet series last year, a friend of mine did the maps in De Lorme
with pretty good results. There were several output options. You can
see them at:

http://www.lanternerouge.org/brevets.html

"andy" <trifox13atcovaddotnet> wrote in
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Delorme Topo USA is good for determining mileages and elevations (but not
total elevation because it grossly overcounts), it is difficult to produce
a useful map. To get the whole map on one page, you lose a lot of detail
(like street names). Unfortunately, other mapping software I've used has
been worse.

I usually take a regular map paper map (Krebs Cycling, AAA, etc.), scan it,
and highlight the route in Photoshop Elements. I can generate a cue sheet
with SADtoCue from Delorme.

--
Mike DeMicco <[email hidden]>

I have the DeLorme stuff (both Streets and Topo). I also have their
Bluetooth logger. SO, provided I can finish in about 8 hours total
(battery considerations), I can download the points, turn them into a
"line", then turn the line into a route.

andy said:

Has anyone used any of the mapping software out there to map out favorite
routes. I just returned from a small cycling camp and was disappointed w/
the maps/directions for our routes. I have seen some really nice maps
showing both mileage and elevation profiles for one day and multi-day tours.
I was just wondering what software is used to develop these and if it is
pricey or difficult to use. Any experience out there.
thanx in advance,
Andy

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

I have the DeLorme stuff (both Streets and Topo). I also have their
Bluetooth logger. SO, provided I can finish in about 8 hours total
(battery considerations), I can download the points, turn them into a
"line", then turn the line into a route.

andy said:

Has anyone used any of the mapping software out there to map out favorite
routes. I just returned from a small cycling camp and was disappointed w/
the maps/directions for our routes. I have seen some really nice maps
showing both mileage and elevation profiles for one day and multi-day
tours. I was just wondering what software is used to develop these and if
it is pricey or difficult to use. Any experience out there.
thanx in advance,
Andy

I use Garmin Mapsource, City Select North America. Instruction are here.
http://www.billcotton.com/quest_on_bicycle.htm
Also on my web is the latest Luexon LED light and mount that I made.
http://www.billcotton.com/luxeon_light_bar_and_gps_mount.htm

--
www.billcotton.com

See http://www.bobwheeler.com/bicycle/Map_to_Cue_Sheet/map_to_cue_sheet.html
for software to turn Garmin, DeLorme, etc. into cue sheets.

Bill Cotton said:

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

I have the DeLorme stuff (both Streets and Topo). I also have their
Bluetooth logger. SO, provided I can finish in about 8 hours total
(battery considerations), I can download the points, turn them into a
"line", then turn the line into a route.

andy said:

Has anyone used any of the mapping software out there to map out favorite
routes. I just returned from a small cycling camp and was disappointed w/
the maps/directions for our routes. I have seen some really nice maps
showing both mileage and elevation profiles for one day and multi-day
tours. I was just wondering what software is used to develop these and if
it is pricey or difficult to use. Any experience out there.
thanx in advance,
Andy

I use Garmin Mapsource, City Select North America. Instruction are here.
http://www.billcotton.com/quest_on_bicycle.htm
Also on my web is the latest Luexon LED light and mount that I made.
http://www.billcotton.com/luxeon_light_bar_and_gps_mount.htm

--
Bob Wheeler --- http://www.bobwheeler.com/
ECHIP, Inc. --- Randomness comes in bunches.

andy said:

Has anyone used any of the mapping software out there to map out favorite
routes. I just returned from a small cycling camp and was disappointed w/
the maps/directions for our routes. I have seen some really nice maps
showing both mileage and elevation profiles for one day and multi-day tours.
I was just wondering what software is used to develop these and if it is
pricey or difficult to use. Any experience out there.
thanx in advance,
Andy

On my website I have a little tool that uses google maps, very similar
to the "gmap pedometer". It computes distance, but not elevation.
It's very simple, maybe too much in many cases, but you it's a quick way
to estimate distances.
Anyway, http://www.frenk.com/gmap

Francesco

I use DeLorme TopoUSA. I like the fact that it not only gives me a map,
but a ready made cue sheet (route slip in the Western US), with
extremely accurate mileages (99%). Both for total mileages and point to
point distances.

I have discovered one thing though, Total elevation gain is WAY off.
When mapping out the route of a favorite organized ride, the total given
by DeLorme was about _50%_greater_ than the advertised gain given by the
ride organizers. Curious, I mapped out three other rides, by three
seperate organizers, in three different states from California to
Carolina. ALL of them were calculated out with 50% more climbing by
DeLorme.

Coincidence? I think not. Ever since then, whenever I have made route
map with DeLorme I have cut the total elevation gain by a third.

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