Had a great 3 hour ride south of Cary, NC yesterday. My first real long ride since coming back from hernia surgery and it felt great. Two friends and I did a bunch of back roads south of Cary (TOPO! TPO file GPX file) on a sunny 65 degree morning. The route [...]
National Geographic has release version 4.2.7 of TOPO!. I have downloaded and installed it on my Apple G4. Despite this being a “minor” release from the previous version (4.2.3) that I reviewed here, there are some significant changes.
Now comes with a Universal Binary
Many bug fixes
New buttons
Most important, scrolling/traveling is much more [...]
Scott Chilcote’s Page has a nice presentation on the basics of buying and purchasing a GPS unit for use with a bike. Download the powerpoint here. You can see/buy my basic setup at my store. Fancier versions are available, but I find the eTrex setup works pretty well for me.
Related links:
TOPO! OS [...]
Gmaps Pedometer
For those who want to make cool maps, know the distances between things and who don’t have mapping software or a GPS, the Gmaps Pedometer site can help. Using some fancy Javascript and a wrapper around Google Maps it allows you to double-click your way through recording your last run/ride/drive so you can [...]
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