Bicycle Rides on Google Earth.

Has anyone used Google Earth to describe and share bicycle routes?
Linked it back to web pages?

Apparently you need to subscribe to the $US20pa version to draw routes.

I would like to find out what was possible and the limitations before
committing hours of work to something.

Sadly, FOSS doesn't seem to have delivered a workable solution to roll
your own.

"Terry Collins" wrote in message
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Has anyone used Google Earth to describe and share bicycle routes?
Linked it back to web pages?

Apparently you need to subscribe to the $US20pa version to draw routes.


Why not use Gmaps Pedometer? http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ I use it all the
time to show people routes locally, or calculate mileage of a possible
route.

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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
http://www.bicyclemeditations.org/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky

Claire Petersky wrote:
"Terry Collins" wrote in message
...

Has anyone used Google Earth to describe and share bicycle routes?
Linked it back to web pages?

Apparently you need to subscribe to the $US20pa version to draw routes.



Why not use Gmaps Pedometer? http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ I use it all the
time to show people routes locally, or calculate mileage of a possible
route.

1) Basically, the interface is crap and it is slow.
2) I want to do multi-day rides with stages
3) I'd like to link to web pages with a description.

In article

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Terry Collins wrote:

Claire Petersky wrote:
"Terry Collins" wrote in message

s.com.au ...

Has anyone used Google Earth to describe and share bicycle routes?
Linked it back to web pages?

Apparently you need to subscribe to the $US20pa version to draw
routes.

Why not use Gmaps Pedometer? http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ I use
it all the time to show people routes locally, or calculate mileage
of a possible route.

1) Basically, the interface is crap and it is slow.

Depends, of course, on what you're looking for. Never having seen it
before, I was able to map out today's 54 mile club ride in about 15
minutes, print it up, and take it with me to give to the other riders.
Seemed pretty quick and simple to me.

2) I want to do multi-day rides with stages

Ummm. Yeah? So?

3) I'd like to link to web pages with a description.

Doesn't seem like that ought to be a problem.

Terry Collins wrote:
Has anyone used Google Earth to describe and share bicycle routes?
Linked it back to web pages?

Apparently you need to subscribe to the $US20pa version to draw routes.

I would like to find out what was possible and the limitations before
committing hours of work to something.

Sadly, FOSS doesn't seem to have delivered a workable solution to roll
your own.

My brief experience with Google Earth shows that it is not currently an
easy task. Basically you create a Google Earth file, which is importing
a bunch of coordinates. You can then create a fly by view. Best
examples I have seen are the Marin Cyclists and the routes for their
centuries or the Grizzly Peak Cyclists and their file of the route for
their recent century. It would appear that coordinates where imported
from a GPS device or possibly the pedometer file referenced earlier.
Either way, you have to learn how write the file. I don't think it is
necessarily hard, just clumsy at the moment. It does look time
consuming. You could also check out the files from the Tour of
California as reference.

I am not sure if you need the $20 version but it can't hurt since you
can import GPS data.

www.MotionBased.com can export routes to Google Earth. You have to
load them into MotionBased from a GPS though. MotionBased is free
except if you want to link to a route externally (i.e., give someone
else a URL to view the route). But you could send people the Google
Earth file to run on their own.

Hi terry.

I used google earth to map out my first century route.

The ride was in buffalo.

It started at the university at buffalo in amherst, all the way to
lockport, to somerset, and then we took the lake road (famous for its
long stretch along the lake ontario and the orchard plantations beside
the road), and we went all around north western buffalo (into wilson,
porter, wheatfield, niagara and to the falls) The ride ended up back at
UB.

I used the measure tool in google earth which was very handy and
accurate enough because when we did the actual ride, the mileage was
102.3miles whereas google earth gave us 100 miles.

I would love to use the fly feature etc in the advanced versions of
google earth. Mapping routes could be easier in the pro version. At
times I was tempted to steal it off the internet , but I realised how
much Google emphasizes on the security of its product. Basically, if
you're willing to spend some time with the basic version, you can map
your route using that and any image editor like photoshop if you wish.


What I love using google earth more for is as a supplement to the bike
route maps I have. I love to see a satellite images of what I will be
riding. It helps me greatly in getting a mental imagery, understanding
and appreciation of routes. At times, it has helped me even from losing
my way.

A disadvantage of google basic is that if you're looking to ride a bike
in some other specific country, say somewhere in the middle-east like
the United Arab Emirates or Qatar, known for high temperatures,
quality, winding roads and a favorite training spot for famous
triathletes, Google earth might not be able to show you anything at
all, leave alone roads. All I see is a mess of pixels. I don't quite
know if others experience the same thing. Try checking, please. These
countries are very developed as far as transportation infrastructure is
concerned.

Thats about what I can tell you about Google Earth. Its a promising
product for now.

Thanks

Ron

this the the Montauk metric century from Sunday off of gmap-pedometer:
(caution - 24 KB of text)

save it off as a .gpx file and open it in google earth.


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/gpx

If you want, check out www.geobike.com. Click on "RAGBRAI", "RAGBRAI
XXXIV", and "Google Earth Maps". Google Earth is a *great* tool for
sharing route data. In this example, I not only can show route data,
mileage information and waypoints, I can also use image data to show
weather radar and other information. The other thing to consider about
GE is that a user also has access to all the other data/information from
Google: parks, hotels, attractions, etc...

I've found GE to be the easiest tool to share mapping information. I
don't have to worry about hosting a map server, the GE files can be
easily emailed or made available on a web site, and the cost is $0. The
GE maps have been real popular. The riders can learn about the route,
the terrain option allows them to explore all facets of a route. You
can actually "play" a route and let GE fly you along the route.

The key thing about GE is that it is based on Lat and Lon data. If you
have a GPS, you can easily obtain this data. If your GPS is a Garmin,
their Mapsource tool can directly generate a GE file. If you don't have
a Garmin, there are low cost tools that can generate a GE file. If you
want, you can also author a GE file in Windows Notepad. The programming
syntax is *extremely* easy. Study the above mentioned file or the file
that was posted in this thread.

Cheers!

Rich

Terry Collins wrote:
Has anyone used Google Earth to describe and share bicycle routes?
Linked it back to web pages?

Apparently you need to subscribe to the $US20pa version to draw routes.

I would like to find out what was possible and the limitations before
committing hours of work to something.

Sadly, FOSS doesn't seem to have delivered a workable solution to roll
your own.

wrote:
this the the Montauk metric century from Sunday off of gmap-pedometer:
(caution - 24 KB of text)

save it off as a .gpx file and open it in google earth.

Thanks, much appreciated.