Brettster wrote:
> My regular walk to the Beverly Hills Public Library seems like a
> gradual uphill climb -- nothing on par with San Francisco, but a very
> slight incline most or all of the way. As you might expect, the walk
> back home is a breeze. According to my handheld Garmin GPS, it's
> exactly 1.75 miles each way. But I wondered exactly how much height I
> was achieving on my walk, in addition to the distance. How can I tell?
> Can a handheld device measure something like that? It could be several
> feet or, I suppose, it could be more. I have utterly no idea. Any
> ideas?
Retrace your route on Google Earth. There's an 'elev' entry at the bottom
of
the screen. My grandson played a soccer match on a sloping pitch a few
weeks ago and I used Google Earth to establish that it dropped 10 feet
from
goal to goal.
I see from their homepage that the library's zip code is CA 90210 which
must
mean it's a cool and swinging place, no?
Putting that into Google Earth suggests that North Rexford Drive is at an
elevation of 201 ft at the Wil****re Boulevard end and of 254 ft at 444
North
Rexford Drive (where, I believe, the library is to be found) and it's 328
ft
at the junction with Elvado Ave.
Tracking 1.75 miles SE from the library, elevation can be as low as 125
ft.
I dunno what route you take, but you may be climbing around 125 feet.
--
John Dean
Oxford
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