When things let up a little and we get a chance to turn the guns on solving the hiking problem, I'd like to really do it right. I'm thinking designing something that uses elevation data, to build isocontour trails on the fly would be nice. A function to calculate the optimum place to get the nicest view, say, from a certain side of a mountain, would be nice. But I don't have the time or resources to attack the problem the right way, yet.

Calvin