Team Geared Up

WHISTLER, BC (Geared Up Blog) - Google Engineer Matt Cutts has written a post about a site with a mash-up for Google Maps. Gmaps Pedometer.

You just click to mark out where you walked and it will give you:
- how far you walked
- the change in elevation
- how many calories you burned

There is no registration required to use it or save your routes. I gave it a whirl to check it out.

Route #1: My walk to work along the village trail here in Whistler. A 3.7Km walk burning 270 calories.

Route #2: The Cheesery Hike. One of my favourite little hikes in Kandersteg. 9.4Km round trip burning 684 calories. The Elevation was a bit off and it was hard to see the route some of the time, but it worked in the end. I don’t think it takes into account elevation when calculating calories.

What’s your favourite walk?

Gmaps Pedometer