"
Ride With GPS is the best
bike route mapping tool for cyclists, runners or anyone wanting an easy yet powerful fitness route planning experience.
We offer tools to analyze cycling performance, including graphs of heart rate, cadence, watts (power output from a power meter), speed and elevation gain. Using all this data, we can offer training plans and other insight into your fitness. We work with all Garmin Edge bike computers, Forerunner fitness devices and any GPS unit that can export a TCX or GPX file."
posted by troll
on Dec 22, 2011 -
20 comments
GPX riding is a general term for using a GPS device to track and record location while riding a bicycle [
previously on MetaFilter]. Combining this technology with a planned effort to create art is the premise behind
Wallygpx. Think of
the images as being akin to a giant etch-a-sketch.
posted by netbros
on Nov 9, 2011 -
8 comments
NextBus uses GPS to tell you the predicted time of the next bus. Google maps show buses in real time, and you can get updates on your phone/PDA. The coverage is limited to certain agencies within the US, so these other sites might be useful:
Hopstop covers subways and buses in NYC, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, DC, and more. (
mobile version)
Google Transit has many US metro areas in addition to Canada, Europe, and Japan.
(previously) Many more locations inside.
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posted by desjardins
on Oct 21, 2008 -
36 comments
"We can have all the applications and Internet connectivity [...] but that still won't get at issues of lack of electricity and cartographic literacy and suppression of geospatial information by the state and their complicit corporations" reads a recent post on
Geowanking, a mailing list for GIS nerds.
[SLMLP] [more inside]
posted by finite
on Oct 9, 2008 -
13 comments
"CabSpotting traces San Francisco's taxi cabs as they travel throughout the Bay Area. The patterns traced by each cab create a living and always-changing map of city life. This map hints at economic, social, and cultural trends that are otherwise invisible."
posted by vacapinta
on Apr 6, 2006 -
16 comments
MSNBC's Robert Wright seemes confused in this story about the Global Positioning System. He misinforms the reader about how terrorists can now use the military's encrypted GPS signals for more accurate positioning. (FYI: you are still unable to use the military's encrypted GPS signals, contrary to what Wright claims.)
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posted by darainwa
on Jun 28, 2000 -
2 comments
