Jun 3, 2019
How can I convert a directions route into a path, to then use this path to show elevation profile?
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Last edited Jun 5, 2019
Jun 4, 2019
Hi David,
You can use Get Directions to create your city to city route. Save the directions to My Places with the little folder icon at the bottom of directions. All saved routes will be in a folder. Open the folder and scroll to the bottom. You should see the route underneath all the directions.
Right click on the route and select Show Elevation Profile.
I hope that helps.
Last edited Jun 5, 2019
Original Poster David Wanjiru marked this as an answer
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Hi David,
You can use Get Directions to create your city to city route. Save the directions to My Places with the little folder icon at the bottom of directions. All saved routes will be in a folder. Open the folder and scroll to the bottom. You should see the route underneath all the directions.
Right click on the route and select Show Elevation Profile.
I hope that helps.
Last edited Jun 5, 2019
Original Poster David Wanjiru marked this as an answer
Jun 4, 2019
Jan 9, 2020
There's no real simple way. When you create a path, Google Earth Pro doesn't add the elevation to the KML code. The program just reads the elevation directly from the elevation layer to make the elevation profile.
If you save your path as .kml or .kmz, I think you can load it into GPS Visualizer and tell it to 'Add DEM data and get the output as .csv that you can open in a spreadsheet. One column should be your elevation.
There are probably other programs that will convert KML to CSV and add elevation. Maybe GPS programs. You'd have to search.
Does that help?