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Hi Richard, sometimes I notice flat spots in the elevation profile when I'm planning long routes. They tend to occur on some of the hilliest parts. If I cut the routes down to smaller pieces, the flat parts tend to disappear, but that makes it more work to check the overall height profile and height meters.

Some examples:

https://cycle.travel/map/journey/177818

https://i.imgur.com/0SSKoQ7.png

https://cycle.travel/map/journey/175642

https://i.imgur.com/CkGZiww.png

Comments

Richard Fairhurst cycle.travel editor

Thu 22 Jul 2021, 13:31

Thanks for those examples – I’d occasionally noticed something similar but hadn’t pinned it down!

I’ve now worked out why it was doing that and come up with a fix – should be live tomorrow.

Anders ☕

Mon 26 Jul 2021, 20:24

Thanks for the quick help Richard. It works great now!

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