In article <48227C05.511CEE2A@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Bill Turlock <"Bill
Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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.
Admitting presence of whoosh, but I didn't know that, nor what it means.
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charles
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