Saturday's Ride

Saturday was wet in the morning. A ride didn't look too promising but the weather report only said 30% chance of rain, so I crossed my fingers and went for it. I had already told myself I was going no matter what, I had business to attend to. This OGIS symposium I am submitting a project for is this Friday, the 17th, so I needed a beta trial for geotagging the route when I ride.

The idea for geotagging is that you, the end user, will be able to click on interactive placemarkers, on our Google map which has the route overlayed, and an info box will pop up with a picture from that exact location, and info regarding the picture (i.e. time/date, coordinates, and a brief description).

I went out on a solo trip this time leaving around 11:30 am. Stopped by Bike Barn and snagged a helmet mirror, then started my gps tract from the parking lot. I road 29 miles, which took about 2 - 1/2 hours. Could have been shorter but I had to get off my bike to take the pictures. The route came out great when I imported it into Google maps. I will make these routes available for viewing soon.Soon I will have a handlebar bag so I can keep my valuables/necessities (ie. my phone, camera, sunglasses, granola bar etc.) accessible while I'm riding. Also, I found a great way to inexpensively affix a camera mount to my handle bars. This will allow me to take stable pictures with minimal distraction from the road. Even better, I'll be able to take videos when I'm zooming down mountains at 45 mph and post them, via YouTube, to my blog and, even cooler, to the exact location it was taken on our Google Map. When it is fully realized I will post some pictures.

*I'm having some difficulty with lining up my gpx time stamps with my photo time stamps. Currently I'm using OJW's image locator script. If anyone is familiar with this or has any advice please leave a comment. Thanks!

Photo's from Saturday's ride are posted!