Terrain mapping

"Mark Tranchant" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I came across this link in uk.tech.digital-tv, which is a site designed to
map the terrain between two aerials.

However, it could be of use to us. You can enter two grid references
(which Streetmap can provide) and it'll show you a map of the terrain
in-between. Of course, it assumes a straight line rather than road routes,
and the resolution is rather coarse, but it could come in handy for
planning.

http://www.megalithia.com/elect/terrain.html

For example, the terrain between the two Devon villages of
Woolfardisworthy is:

http://www.megalithia.com/elect/terrain.php?ngr=SS335215&ngr1=SS828088

If you are interested in that sort of thing then there are mapping products
available such as Memory Map which can show you the hight profile for any
particular route you choose, i.e. just draw a route on the map and it will
show you the terrain profile. It can also show the map in 3D relief which is
useful if you want (or don't want!) to avoid hills on your route.

I have just got my first mapping software from http://www.tracklogs.co.uk
and it's brilliant ! I can map a route on an OS 1:25,000 map, look at an
altitude profile of it, or a 3D version of it, and can add datapoints to it.
Great suff, wish I had got it ages ago.

Adam

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

If you are interested in that sort of thing then there are mapping
products available such as Memory Map which can show you the hight profile
for any particular route you choose, i.e. just draw a route on the map and
it will show you the terrain profile. It can also show the map in 3D
relief which is useful if you want (or don't want!) to avoid hills on your
route.