Flattestroute.com alternative

[thomasinnv]

I had a hitch put on at B&B a few years ago. We pulled the bumper and rear cross member and installed the hitch and reinstalled the bumper over it. It is a fairly heavy angle iron but it still has some twist to it with some tongue weight. Same setup he put on the 8's and 9's I believe.

[neoneddy]

Being a web developer / designer in my real job.  Looks like the creator made the source available online.

BCM could very easily, or even myself make a clone of this site.  BCM could make it a membership perk.

[neoneddy]

http://flatrvroute.com/    Here ya go.   I'll need to put some ads on it or something to fund it.  But we'll see what happens.  It's free for me for low use for now .

[chessie4905]

If Gary would stay home instead or running around in his coach, he could afford to have it on this site.lol

[dtcerrato]

In 38 years with our turtle, no Jake's, nor turbo. From coast to coast, Mexico border to the north slope, the only grades that we'd actually take off the toad! Was on the Ice field parkway in Alberta Canada. That was the closest we ever came to soiling our drawers... Otherwise the turtle has & continues to do us well. Yes & there is plenty times to smell the roses w/o having to stop! :-)

[Ed Hackenbruch]

Mountain Directory West and Mountain Directory East.....good books to have.

[richard5933]

http://flatrvroute.com/    Here ya go.   I'll need to put some ads on it or something to fund it.  But we'll see what happens.  It's free for me for low use for now .

That's great! Thanks for taking action on this.

[mmanning]

http://flatrvroute.com/    Here ya go.   

Nice!  Thank you for putting this up.  I would definitely add ads or a link for donations.

Does Google Maps contain bridge height information?  If so, can you add logic to avoid low bridges?

[eagle19952]

http://flatrvroute.com/    Here ya go.   I'll need to put some ads on it or something to fund it.  But we'll see what happens.  It's free for me for low use for now .

thanks

[windtrader]

Thanks for hosting the site. Let's keep it secret to stay under the free Google paywall. If it's interfacing with Google, I'll take a look to see where elevation data is sourced from. Traditionally, elevation data has come from USGS DEM datasets. Somewhere I read that Google started sourcing elevation data from LIDAR or similar sources for elevation data. May be some difference between Google Earth and Google Maps and who knows how many other datasets Google has tucked away.

[eagle19952]

who knows how many other data sets Google has tucked away.

i read somewhere they are all public  domain in that realm...
maybe Garmin...not Google uses US. Govt. data.

[neoneddy]

Looks like there is bridge height in open streetmaps, but it's user reported, which is better than nothing. An entirely new app would need to be written. Outside of the scope of something I want to tackle now :-)

[windtrader]

Pulled down the repo and looking at the code. Curiosity got the best of me. First thing is there is no data source selector, so you get what you get. The other odd thing is the sample intervals. The chart on the left appears reasonable but the slope is not right. some of the grade calcs are clearly not correct. Always wanted to peek under the Google Maps API but this sort of pushed me off the ledge. LOL
Do check on your API key as the pricing scheme for Maps has changed over the past couple months. You get a recurring credit but once used up, it may start charging you. Another service I use had the same fate but the paywall is pretty low so it's still up for now.