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We compiled 9 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 ...

Key Subreddits

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

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