"Charles Wm. Dimmick" wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> Look at a topographic map for the area. Too bad it's not Connecticut,
> or I could look it up for you. I have a complete set of Connecticut
> topographic maps at scale of 1:24,000 [1 inch = 2000 ft]. Seems to
> me I remember the the USGS has an on-line site which allows you to
> look at a topographic map for anywhere in the contiguous US.
>
> Charles
Or the Bay Area. I have 15" charts from the ocean to Sacramento &
Srockton, Santa Rosa to Santa Cruz. Even at $cheap/ea, I got a
lotta bux in 'em!
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