Monday, January 4, 2010

Elevation Distance Map


The elevation map tool no longer works as Yahoo has discontinued support for flash maps.

I've created a pretty useful Elevation Map (using Yahoo Maps) that lets you enter in a route and it will show you the elevation profile. I know that other websites can do the same thing, but since I'm a web developer I wanted to do it anyways.

Single left-click on the map to add a marker. Then left click again to add a second point. The elevation profile will show the elevation at the two points. You can also click on the little red markers on the map to show the distance from the start (along the route), from the previous point, and the elevation. You can also search for an address, and then add the search marker (orange) to your route.

It doesn't fit onto this small screen very well, so click here to open it in a new window.