Measuring grade on hills
Anyone have any tricks? I have a new Garmin 2595 which has all the data but I haven't studied long enough to see if I can display grade.
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Ron and hotpepperkid, thanks for the correction and information.
I was going by my Pocket Ref book, which indicates in its conversion tables that "grades" relate to "degrees" by a factor of 0.9. This seemed logical, since a 100% grade (straight upwards) would seem to equate to a 90 degree attitude (perpendicular).
But, as I indicated, I understand Degrees better than Grades, although my college Degree obviously did not come via good math Grades.
Good thing the railroads didn't have me figuring how much of a grade their locomotives could pull on steel tracks in the Rockies.
Me and Jethro, we never did cipering very well.
And Ron, yes, my driveway suddenly seems so much steeper now.
I was going by my Pocket Ref book, which indicates in its conversion tables that "grades" relate to "degrees" by a factor of 0.9. This seemed logical, since a 100% grade (straight upwards) would seem to equate to a 90 degree attitude (perpendicular).
But, as I indicated, I understand Degrees better than Grades, although my college Degree obviously did not come via good math Grades.
Good thing the railroads didn't have me figuring how much of a grade their locomotives could pull on steel tracks in the Rockies.
Me and Jethro, we never did cipering very well.
And Ron, yes, my driveway suddenly seems so much steeper now.
