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Old 03-06-2011, 06:52 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally, I thought that Google Earth did take elevation into account; but unfortunately, it does not.

In my (non-exhaustive) search, I found results that indicate that GPS units are far from accurate for elevations, and therefore do not measure distances taking elevation into account...
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