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We compiled 10 Reddit discussions about Elevation Builder apps from 8 subreddits. Here's what real users recommend, complain about, and debate.

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Which app (other than Osmand) can show elevation/slope details of road when viewing for navigation?

r/openstreetmap
Check out MagicEarth, as suggested by u/que222, it shows elevation profile for car routing, too.

Best App/way to calculate elevation gain on your route

r/trailrunning
I use for now Polar m430, which is based only on GPS date (no barometer), so elevation like for this route is something arounf 450m...

Does anyone know of a good field levelling phone app?

r/Surveying
Im this close to just writing a python script to save me time later on · Edit: Man you guys really hate people trying to make their jobs faster and simpler huh? Share ... Get a digital Trimble DiNi level. Tells you your rod read, hi, and elevations ...

Accurate elevation/altimeter app for android?

r/hike
The GPS Test app is pretty complicated, My Elevation looks quite simple and evidently focuses on elevation, at least on first glance.

Elevation Design App

r/Architects
Any leads for a DIY home elevation and floor plan design apps or websites? Looking to explore few ideas myself before approaching a professional…

Looking for cheap or free software to draw architectural elevations

r/architecture
New Front Elevation based upon suggestions....

Can anyone recommend a program to draw elevation plans?

r/Architects
Menards has a program where you enter all the dimensions and it auto populates the elevation plans (along with a material list).

What's a basic alternative to AutoCAD to make simple 2D layout and elevation drawings?

r/Renovations
I use magicplan which does 2D/3D. It’s free (one project) in the apple App Store - I’m assuming it would be on google too. I picked it because it will export the CAD file extension to be imported directly into CAD.

Alternative to Gaia GPS now they’ve added a paywall

r/hiking
I’ve been experimenting with a slightly different approach on Android — instead of planning routes, it focuses on automatically building a long-term map of where you’ve actually walked, without having to start/stop activities. It’s definitely not a Gaia replacement (no advanced route builder), more ...

Hike planner with decent elevation lines (isolines) or elevation visualisation?

r/hiking
Peakbagger has a free app. And you can download maps and routes to your phone and use them and track your progress on the map while it is in airplane mode. ... mapy.cz has elevation lines and most hiking trails.

Key Subreddits

r/openstreetmapr/trailrunningr/Surveyingr/hiker/Architectsr/architecturer/Renovationsr/hiking

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