I’ve been busy this week writing tons of web hosting content so I decided to take a bit of a break today and write something a little off topic. Besides, it is Friday.

About two years ago, one of my best friends referred me to the site gmap-pedometer.com/. I am a runner and was having trouble coming up with long routes and knowing exactly how much I was running. I didn’t want to constantly map out 15 mile routes in my car because let’s face it, gas is expensive and I didn’t always have the time to do it. This is where this site comes in handy.

Taking its cue from sites like Google Maps and Mapquest, Gmap-Pedometer allows runners, walkers and bikers to map precise routes and know the exact distance of those routes. It is also a great site for those who want to find the absolute shortest route to work, school, etc.

Not only is this site extremely useful, but it is simple to use. You just point and click on the route that you would like to create and it tells you the distance. It is such a simple idea. Though it says it is powered by Google, I’m not so sure because it is registered to a company called “Groovy Designs”. This is a perfect example of a great idea that was monetized. The bulk of the site is the map, but there are relevant ads and I suspect that the owners of the site have earned a nice chunk of change from these ads.