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I want a measuring wheel so I can measure how far I've walked (on the map, I don't want a big fuck off one I have to carry everywhere). The thing is that I can only find digital map wheels for over £20 which seems a bit excessive for the occasional egoboo, plus I can actually do the sums by myself, cos I am so clever. So where can I get a small wheel of known diameter, on a stick? Go on, you've a creative lot - think of something...

And yes, my first thought *was* a pin wheel or pastry cutter, but I don't want to make holes in my map...

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pizza wheel? they're not that sharp

charity shops, the occasionally come in and we had them as new goods last year. Grays of george st, they have everything in a bizzare hardwareish way.

You need this :)

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/

You are right :-) According to that I walked 8.75 miles yesterday. It felt like at least 10!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Map-Wheel-Compass-Distance-Measure-Travel-Mapping-Tool_W0QQitemZ280128533338QQihZ018QQcategoryZ294QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItem

Just a thought.

An old cassette recorder is likely to have a flywheel of appropriate size. You could also use lego or mechano.

Theres a useful running map thingy I used to use that will trace your walk/run and tell you how far it was. Would that be of any use? Sure I could scare up the url if you wnat.

Just found this which is quite cute:

http://www.ukge.co.uk/UK/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=134

Classic Map Measurer.

Have you considered a pedometer instead? (Doesn't give you the linear distance you've walked, gives you the number of steps you've taken instead. Which, when multiplied by your average stride -- which you can get by doing a measured kilometer to average it out -- tells you the distance. The advantage being that they also give you a feel for how far you've gone on days when you're not going terribly far in a straight line but still seem to be moving around a lot.)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Recta-Map-Measuere/dp/B000RC0TKW/ref=sr_1_2/202-1435278-5648627?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1182847611&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SILVA-55066-Map-Measurer-Mechanical/dp/B000KN2DV6/ref=pd_bbs_1/202-1435278-5648627?ie=UTF8&s=garden&qid=1182847611&sr=8-1

OK I'll stop now.

What you really need is a GPSr, so you can track your exact path and trip distance.

For some reason, I always find the image of people walking with those measuring wheel things extremely funny! Go you with you big walking anyway!

if its on the map, i would always lay out a piece of string on the route i wanted, then straighten it out and measure against a ruler, then multiply depending on scale of the map. in real life you can match your route to the map by landmarks and you'll always know how far it was
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