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Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from
point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. |
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archierob wrote on 09/07/2007 14:13:
Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. Google maps will do that for you. For example: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl...83203&z=7&om=1 ( http://tinyurl.com/2v2gqd ) Directions, avoiding motorways, from W1A 1AA (BBC) to M1 1AA (made up postcode in Manchester) is 191m. HTH Peter -- http://www.scandrett.net/lx/ http://www.scandrett.net/bike/ |
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archierob wrote:
Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. Google maps: http://maps.google.co.uk Enter "from:london to:bristol" (for instance) into the search field, and the first line of the result gives the distance (118 miles in this case). -- Matt B |
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Am Mon, 09 Jul 2007 13:13:07 GMT schrieb archierob:
Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. Try http://www.uk.map24.com/ You can use it as a route planner. Beyond that you can use "distance measuring tool" directly in the map, also with multiple points. You can also change the route configuration to pedestrian, so one-way streets are avoided. It's a bit slow though on older computers. Andreas |
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in article , archierob at
wrote on 9/7/07 14:13: Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. http://www.bikely.com/ It is associated with the BikeRadar site (new Cycling Plus/Pro Cycling/What Mountain Bike/MBUK combined site), and is using the Google Maps API. Its advantage over Google Maps' standard interface is that is can draw route altitude profiles. When viewing a route, the option is under the 'Show menu' on the left. It is a community site, where anyone can submit their routes. |
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in message , archierob
') wrote: Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. http://www.toporoute.com/ -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Morning had broken, and I found when I looked that we had run out of copper roove nails. |
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archierob wrote:
Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. I use this AA route planner. http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp -- ***My real address is m/ike at u/nmusic d/ot co dot u/k (removing /s) http://www.unmusic.co.uk - about me, music, geek sitcom etc. http://www.unmusic.co.uk/amhs/ - alt.music.home-studio |
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killermike wrote:
archierob wrote: Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. I use this AA route planner. http://www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp Just tried this for my route to work, it gives a distance of 9.6 miles, and a time of 37 minutes. My average time is about 32min, and my best 28. Also measured this as a mile shorter. It does suggest a route that is 0.7 miles and nine minutes quicker, I will have to try that. (Although I doubt I will I will be nine minutes quicker). Martin. |
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Matt B wrote:
archierob wrote: Can any one point me to a free prog for finding out the distance from point A to B in the UK. Yes I have googled but could only find a postcode one or one you have to pay for. The older ones in here will remember those FREE AA maps that gave all the distances from your home town (providing of course it was a big city). Still got one. Google maps: http://maps.google.co.uk Enter "from:london to:bristol" (for instance) into the search field, and the first line of the result gives the distance (118 miles in this case). Great thing with the new directions on the google maps is you can drag the routes round to adjust them to check out various alternate routes. -- Jon B Above email address IS valid. http://www.bramley-computers.co.uk/ Apple Laptop Repairs. |
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Its advantage over Google Maps' standard interface is that is can draw route
altitude profiles. When viewing a route, the option is under the 'Show menu' on the left. Though it does seem to get confused a little with the profiles - I uploaded my recent training route and it was showing greens on the ups as well as downs, and the total rise/fall made no sense at the end. |
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