Building a route elevation chart for a running app
A running app's users kept asking for one specific feature above every other request: a way to see how much climbing a planned route actually involved before starting it.
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Building a solar panel siting tool using elevation
A solar installer wanted an early, rough answer for a homeowner asking whether their property was even worth a full site visit, before scheduling an engineer to check in person.
Building a hiking trail difficulty rating from elevation data
A trail guide app was rating hikes as easy, moderate, or difficult based on distance alone, which put a flat six-mile walk in the same bucket as a six-mile climb.
Building an elevation profile for a cycling app
A cycling app wanted to show riders exactly how much climbing a route involved before they started, not as an estimate but as a real elevation chart.