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Todays ride (which GPS?) ...
I'll keep it brief. One argument, two near collisions with cars pulling out
in front, one p*nct*re, no pump, friends GPS. Good news is that my puncture happened about 10 metres from a bike shop. I asked if I could buy a tube, thinking that he'd lend me a decent pump. The one he tried to sell me came in a box about the size of a brick. I decided that I might give it a miss. Got a crappy old hand pump, but better than nothing. Didn't have enough cash to buy a decent one. Tiny bit of glass had hidden itself in the rubber of the tyre. Glad I checked properly otherwise I'd have punctured 2 miles later.... Rain was about, with one massive downpour when I was stood under a shop canopy. Phew! Took loads of photos of businesses for a website I'm doing. (Hence the stopping and cycling about lost in Croydon and Sutton etc). My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php I'm now seriously considering a GPS system for myself. There's no point buying a bracket for his one to attach to my my handlebars if I have to return it soon. After using my friends Magellan GPS315 I've now got some requirements for one I want to buy. Rechargeable, but I guess buying rechargeable batteries is a decent enough compromise. Smaller than the Magellan ideally. Maps are not neccesary. What is missing from this current one (it may be the gpsu software), is the saving of bearing when saving trackpoints. A little annoying as I could improve the google maps website by putting arrows showing my route. Any suggestions? Thanks Nick |
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"elyob" writes:
My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php Brilliant! Is that automated? I'm now seriously considering a GPS system for myself. If I could effortlessly do what you've done there, I'd seriously consider it myself, too. I'd love to map the Taff Trail. -- Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/ Fair and balanced |
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:21:13 +0100, elyob wrote:
Magellan ideally. Maps are not neccesary. What is missing from this current one (it may be the gpsu software), is the saving of bearing when saving trackpoints. A little annoying as I could improve the google maps website by putting arrows showing my route. Any suggestions? Very few of them actually know bearing (there are a few with compass built in, but it's generally a very poor compass). It only knows bearing because it knows where the last point is and where this point is, so you can always work out the bearing from the tracklog as well as the unit could (and indeed did in the first place). regards, Ian SMith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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"elyob" wrote [snip] I'm now seriously considering a GPS system for myself. [snip] So am I. There's something called a Garmin Forerunner about which there's a thread going in rec.bicycles.misc. The title of the thread is something to do with commuting, because everyone is posting beautiful maps of their commutes. As far as I can tell, you only get the pretty maps by subscribing to some web service, at vast monthly expense, which raises the question of whether the Forefunner puts out its data in some special proprietary format, rather than something generic. Come to that, what kind of plug is on the cable. And will it do maps outside the USA, even if one does pay a subscription The Forerunner is worn like a wris****ch. The expensive model is a combined GPS and pulse monitor, so you can correlate your pulse with speed and elevation gain - neat. Other questions I have with the Forerunner is whether it can cope with things like the UK national grid, and non US geoids that actually make the Greenwich Meridian go through the Greenwich Observatory. Jeremy Parker |
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On 2005-07-30, elyob wrote:
My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php That is marvellous. Regards, -david |
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Todays ride (which GPS?) ...
"Keith Willoughby" wrote in message ... "elyob" writes: My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php Brilliant! Is that automated? I'm now seriously considering a GPS system for myself. If I could effortlessly do what you've done there, I'd seriously consider it myself, too. I'd love to map the Taff Trail. I used the Google API, you're happy to the source. You need a PHP enabled server. I'm looking at building a site so others can upload their data. Would you pay for it?! |
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Todays ride (which GPS?) ...
"Ian Smith" wrote in message ... On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 19:21:13 +0100, elyob wrote: Magellan ideally. Maps are not neccesary. What is missing from this current one (it may be the gpsu software), is the saving of bearing when saving trackpoints. A little annoying as I could improve the google maps website by putting arrows showing my route. Any suggestions? Very few of them actually know bearing (there are a few with compass built in, but it's generally a very poor compass). It only knows bearing because it knows where the last point is and where this point is, so you can always work out the bearing from the tracklog as well as the unit could (and indeed did in the first place). regards, Ian SMith I figured that out after I posted. If you know where you were before, then you can work out the direction when you hit your new point. I liked the Carol part of Countdown, and my maths is okay. But not rocket science maths. How can I work out the angle between these? #1 ( -0.2952833333333333 51.385083333333334 ) #2 ( -0.2843333333333333 51.38218333333333 ) or #1 ("N51°23.1050' W000°17.7170' ") #2 ("N51°22.9310' W000°17.0600' ") Thanks |
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Todays ride (which GPS?) ...
"elyob" writes:
"Keith Willoughby" wrote in message ... "elyob" writes: My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php Brilliant! Is that automated? I'm now seriously considering a GPS system for myself. If I could effortlessly do what you've done there, I'd seriously consider it myself, too. I'd love to map the Taff Trail. I used the Google API, you're happy to the source. You need a PHP enabled server. PHP is not a problem. I'd be most interested. I was actually looking at this the other day, with the intentions of doing it manually, but came to the conclusion that cycling the Trail would be much easier than trying to come up with the way-points from the map. So, you just upload a set of waypoints? I'm looking at building a site so others can upload their data. Neat idea. Someone mentioned last year that they were doing something similar, but he was generating maps. I think using the Google API produces a much nicer experience. Would you pay for it?! Nope. And Google wouldn't be too happy, either :-) (Check the T&Cs) -- Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/ "Taffy was a Welshman, Taffy was a thief" |
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"David Nutter" wrote in message ... On 2005-07-30, elyob wrote: My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php That is marvellous. Thanks .. It's version 0.1a at the moment ... can't wait to improve it and also own my own GPS computer one day! I want to put arrows on it next. Just trying to figure the mathematice behind lat/long bearings. Well, not now. I'm drinking a beer and half watching a film. Also wondering where my next journey is. In the mean time, check out ... http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/london.php and http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/hello.php (my quick evening sprint) |
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Todays ride (which GPS?) ...
"Keith Willoughby" wrote in message ... "elyob" writes: "Keith Willoughby" wrote in message ... "elyob" writes: My friends GPS worked well. I've now got a good track of what my cycle was like via Google maps. Pretty cool. http://fishpluschips.com/GPS/croydon.php Brilliant! Is that automated? I'm now seriously considering a GPS system for myself. If I could effortlessly do what you've done there, I'd seriously consider it myself, too. I'd love to map the Taff Trail. I used the Google API, you're happy to the source. You need a PHP enabled server. PHP is not a problem. I'd be most interested. (email me for more info) I was actually looking at this the other day, with the intentions of doing it manually, but came to the conclusion that cycling the Trail would be much easier than trying to come up with the way-points from the map. So, you just upload a set of waypoints? I use gpsu to get the info from the GPS, then I parse that data and get what I'm interested in. Trying to figure out their XML method as javascript is far too restrictive. I'd also like to have hover over rather than click pins. I'm looking at building a site so others can upload their data. Neat idea. Someone mentioned last year that they were doing something similar, but he was generating maps. I think using the Google API produces a much nicer experience. Would you pay for it?! Nope. And Google wouldn't be too happy, either :-) (Check the T&Cs) sshh .. I know It'd be a free to use site, but using adsense etc .. |
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