Elevations by Google Earth

What really matters to runners, and USATF/RRTC, is the change in elevation, right? So the datum doesn't matter much.

I am relatively new to this forum, so I do not know who likes or doesn't like GMaps Pedometer. I find it the easiest way I know to obtain elevation profile data for certification applications.

I also appreciate its usefulness for confirming an understanding of a new course route with a client.

Any recommendations?

lyman - does Pedometer allow you to save a course, send a link to your client, and have them able to edit the course (or for you to edit it, if they don't want to?). Last I checked, it didn't have the save-and-edit capability, which makes for a cumbersome Marathon edit.

I have found MapMyRun.com to be the best tool for me, for the editing reasons, especially. I use it for every route confirmation before I go out and measure.

Duane, GMaps does allow you to save a course and the elevation profile, and send the link to a client. However, it does not provide an editing capacity. Few clients I work with have the ability to use either MapMyRun or GMaps, it seems.

The last time I tried MapMyRun, many months ago, I did not see an option to draw a manual route. So, if a route traverses a paved path that does not show up on the map or parking lot, I was not able to complete the route on MMR, while GMaps does a fine job.

I do have one client who recently sent me MMRs of 2 courses he hired me to measure. In both instances, my GMap of the same route produced a distinctly longer 5K course. This resulted in a significantly different start and finish in each instance. The courses as measured turned out to be almost exactly what GMaps showed them to be - which was quite different than the MMR editions. I can send you or post the links if you or anyone is interested so you can see the differences.

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