One of the nuggets of the EO site is the
Treks ( and
Places). The experience of David and Michelle and members is really useful in planning trips, especially away from
services.
IMHO if possible some small (LOL) additions would really add value. to the planning process.
1)Just like you can see the altitude profile, a speed profile would be useful ( more useful in the outback). I use the
treks of previous users ( Cheers Baz and StephenL, David and Michelle) who seem to have criss-crossed every part of
the desert ( and every bloody Confluence Stephen grrrh). These are great to set a planned pace.
It woudl be great if you could pick a start point and an end point and get an altitude profile, average speed etc for that section. THAT would be unique and things like GPS editor can do it externally.
2)Have to option to view both User
treks and EO
treks on the same page. They are both useful and the location is the key to how applicable they are, not the source.
Hope this isn't over the top, and I am sure you have tons to do but IMHO EO's greatest strength is as a planning resource. I woudl have thought the more searches done withing EO the more ad traffic( hotels etc)
Anyway just a thought.