Fwd: Feature request: info about elevation

[Mattias Bengtsson <mattias jc bengtsson gmail com>]

More accidental off-list communication.

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From: Paolo Leoni <ulixes84 yahoo it>
Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Feature request: info about elevation
To: Mattias Bengtsson <mattias jc bengtsson gmail com>

Hi Mattias!

I go often walking on the hills with my girlfriend. 

Before start, we usually see some map (on google map/earth) also in order to know what is altitude to the point we want to reach.

A simple feature could be that Gmaps application give elevation (when available) when a point is selected on the map.

Actual is:

click a point on the map:

 

 - What is here?

 - My location

My proposal:

click a point on the map:

 

 - What is here (ft 1000)?

 - My location

Also some instrument for measuring distance would be great!

Sorry for my english :)

~p

2014-05-02 14:48 GMT+02:00 Mattias Bengtsson <mattias jc bengtsson gmail com>:

On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Paolo Leoni <ulixes84 yahoo it> wrote:

Hi all,

thank you for the very interesting Gnome Maps application.

Thanks for the praise! :)

 

I've a simple feature request for you: can you implement elevation info in Gnome Maps? OpenStreetMap integrate it (through tag "ele").

What would we do with the elevation data? I could see it being interesting in two cases:

1) having a terrain base layer where you easily can see hills, mountains and valleys etc.

2) an elevation graph for when you look at a route search (might be handy for pedestrians and bicyclists I guess)

What did you specifically have in mind?

Regards, Mattias