I recently stumbled on a small issue with Garmin MapSource, and trying to update to the latest version. I’d previously installed MapSource from DVD, and performed an update. It’s been a while since I’d done it, so I was a few versions off…
The cool thing about the eTrex Summit, is that it also records altitudes. This was quite handy for the bike ride this weekend on the triathlon I attended. It allowed me to profile the track, and see exactly what kind of elevations I was dealing with. Originally, I’d been given the impression it wasn’t too bad, but it seemed a little steeper than I was lead to believe. After profiling it, the killer bits were all in the wrong places, like right after corners. Here is a Google Earth file showing the track.
Technorati Tags: Triathlon, Stonebridge, GPS, Google
A few months ago, I signed up for an account with Zooomr, just to play. Whilst uploading a batch of images from the Dallas Arboretum, I noticed a “Geo” feature (I believe Flickr have a similar feature). Having a quick play around, I noticed I was able to append longitude, and latitude to the pictures, and then search by those coordinates to find other pictures from the same location. This started a little seed in the back of my head, regarding GPS tagging images…
