Google map distance finder

[smmokan]

This is pretty sweet. You can use it to plot your ride before you go- or check to see how far you rode.


http://www.webwalking.com/googlemap.htm

[Long Duck Dong]

Good stuff, looks reasonably accurate too.

[mntlion]

very cool, but the alberta rocky mountains sat pics don't have enough detail to plot mountain bike trails, and the map images dont show trails, oh well, still really cool

[smmokan]

True... for mtn biking I don't think its that great, as most of the trails will be covered. However, for road biking it seems pretty accurate, and its nice to know where I can go for my after-work 15-20 mile ride at night.

[mntlion]

urban or road biking it will be great for... maybe even some DH stuff?

[BeanDip4All]

another site similar to this that I use for runs is:

www.mapmyrun.com

looks like it uses the same technology.

[Cornholio]

Another good one:
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

With elevation profiles!

Also, you can store routes as bookmarks. All you save is the url; the route information is stored serverside. It also does an auto-complete of out-and-back routes, which is nice if you do that sort of thing.