Charles Bishop wrote:
>
> In article <481E5FFE.9B8C9902@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bill Turlock <"Bill
> Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >"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!
>
> I once bought a 1' = 1' map, but had to give it away. It was too much
> trouble to unfold.
I know you know this, but that's a 15 minute chart.
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