Hello,
If you want some good, well-written, accurate, easy to use software
for measuring your running distances, have a look at:
http://www.littleredfrog.com/mapperI'll keep it short - full details on the website. Free fully
functioning 30 day trial download available, £10 to buy it after that.
Declaration of interest:- I designed and co-wrote the software
(because I couldn't find anything out there that did what I wanted as
a runner).
Cheers,
Chris.
Comments
selectable units (one at a time!)
Add point to existing route.
Pacing, with time-check optionally shown on map
Elevation?
Hope these get added soon!
Sean
Have you seen Trailgauge ? It has all of these features and has been around for quite a while - well I've been using for a while anyway. I get the impression that it is quite popular with runners here on these forums as it is often discussed.
You can download it from http://www.trailgauge.co.uk
You can now order a CD online at http://www.littleredfrog.com/mapper (£12 including P&P to UK & Europe)
Cheers,
Chris.
I've looked at Trailgauge, and as far as I can see, it doesn't have the first 2 features on your list.
Also with Trailgauge, you can't do the following:
browse the web for maps
edit an existing route
have a route over multiple maps
add text notes
draw freehand routes
All of which you can do with Mapper!
Hopefully the competition will keep us both on our toes and result in better product(s) for users.
Yes, trailguage was the product that suggested some of my ideas. Hate the user interface on it though.
Struggled a bit with multiple routes - maybe I've not found how to work it, but it would be nice to be able to make up a route from multiple segments, or copy a route to edit it. Most of the routes from my house will be 'variations on a theme'.
If you're after a challenge, building a route to a requested distance would be a neat trick!
Sean
Too early to ask for extra bells and whistles, but I would warn against "feature bloat". I'm a simple soul, and I like my software likewise.
But so far, so good. Worth a tenner IMHO.
Thanks for the positive comments!
But how do you know how long the piece of string is?
P.S. www.littleredfrog.com now up and running again - apologies for the outage.