How to draw tracks for elevation profiles?

[St3v3]

I'm doing something wrong

Select Track Tool, Left click begin point, left click end point, right click>Save as...
Select Hand tool, right click track, Profile
The profile shows 0 Climb and 0 Descent.
The distance seems correct.

What's the correct procedure?

[ScottMorris]

Hi,

How long of a distance are you drawing between the points?

You'll need some intermediate points in order to get a profile and accurate elevation gain/loss. There's an interpolate feature or just hold down the mouse button while you drag towards your end point.

Hope that makes sense / helps.

Scott

[St3v3]

Ahh, OK that fixes the problem. I was trying to just use a beginning point and an end point. Intermediate points makes it work as expected. Thanks!

[ScottMorris]

Excellent.