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2. Naismith's rule - Wikipedia

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   A plot of walking speed versus slope resulting from Naismith's rule and Langmuir corrections for base speeds of 5 km/h and 4 km/h compared to Tobler's hiking function. Scarf's equivalence between distance and climb. Alternatively, the rule can be used to determine the equivalent flat distance of a route.

3. Pedometer - Wikipedia

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   Pedometer. A pedometer, or step-counter, is a device, usually portable and electronic or electromechanical, that counts each step a person takes by detecting the motion of the person's hands or hips. Because the distance of each person's step varies, an informal calibration, performed by the user, is required if presentation of the distance ...

4. Pace count beads - Wikipedia

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   Both methods require the user to know the relationship between the paces walked, and the distance traveled. There are two main ways to use the beads. One is to represent the distance a person has walked, and the other is to represent the distance they need to walk. In the latter, beads may be used to count down the distance to a destination.

5. Surveyor's wheel - Wikipedia

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   In the 17th century, the surveyor's wheel was re-introduced and used to measure distances. A single wheel is attached to a handle and the device can be pushed or pulled along by a person walking. Early devices were made of wood and may have had an iron rim to provide strength. The wheels themselves would be made in the same manner as wagon ...

6. Walkability - Wikipedia

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   Walk Score is a company that creates a walkability index based on the distance to amenities such as grocery stores, schools, parks, libraries, restaurants, and coffee shops. Walk Score's algorithm awards maximum points to amenities within 5 minutes' walk (.25 mi), and a decay function assigns points for amenities up to 30 minutes away.

7. Earth's circumference - Wikipedia

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   Earth's circumference is the distance around Earth. Measured around the equator, it is 40,075.017 km (24,901.461 mi). Measured passing through the poles, the circumference is 40,007.863 km (24,859.734 mi). Measurement of Earth's circumference has been important to navigation since ancient times.