Comments on: NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour Video Clips

By: emmanoel

emmanoel — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:02:26 +0000

hi,
I participated in that ride but forgot to fully charge my gps. by any chance do you still have the tracklog?
thank you

By: Chip Noble - Design

Chip Noble - Design — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:11:50 +0000

Merry Christmas!

http://www.eartha.com/cycling/

Before you start looking for the Chesterton, indiana routes I have to warn you that we haven’t achieved the user data density that I would like to have seen. We have a small number of users and they are spread through several different activities. You can certainly post your content and look for content from others though.

We’ve also designed Topo USA to import GPX files from other applications. If you searched for cycling routes and found them in a GPX format you’d be able to import those into Topo USA and then put them on your PN-20.

I hope this helps!

Chip Noble
DeLorme

By: Kurt Eby

Kurt Eby — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:42:12 +0000

Chip,

I ordered a PN-20 today and while I’m waiting for it to show up I was wondering where I can find bicycle routes posted by other people in other places to download to the unit. It appears the capability is out there, but I can’t seem to find what I’m looking for. Maybe the included software has the correct links?

Here’s what I think I should be able to to. Say I want to go to Chesterton Indiana for a bike ride. I would like to bring up a map and see where people who live there ride and be able to pick one of their routes, download it to my unit and when I get there and take the ride without worrying about getting lost or flipping through maps.

In turn, I know my area like the back of my hand, so I’ll post some routes for people who want to ride around here. Since I live here I can update when I know something like when a bridge is out. Other people who take my route may discover that first, so they should be able to comment on my route.

Okay, that’s a search enabled public data base, user modified, of bicycle routes. Can I have one for Christmas?

By: Location based videos - Home of Gadgets

Location based videos - Home of Gadgets — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:22:28 +0000

[...] Neat GPS / video project @ the DeLorme blog using their Xmap software, Chip writes- Eight members of Team DeLorme’s cycling group made the long trip from Yarmouth, Maine, down to New York City to participate in the 2008 NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour. The weather was great and the opportunity to ride through the heart of such an impressive city without any automobile traffic was amazing! [...]

By: Chip Noble - Design

Chip Noble - Design — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:58:05 +0000

I would recommend checking out forum.delorme.com for details on how to use Topo USA with GeoTagger and a GPS device. There are several informative posts on how to view your track log on the map and then add images to create a view like the one I've posted here. Review the Help documentation for more details on the process. Thanks, Chip

By: Bob Burley

Bob Burley — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:05:25 +0000

I would like to do a similar project on my 7 day tour of the Erie canal in July from Buffalo to Albany NY, but I am an armature. Can some one help me to do this

By: Chip Noble - Design

Chip Noble - Design — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:31:25 +0000

We did have one rider talk with us about our Atlas & Gazetteer maps during the first rest stop. I was holding out for a blog reader or maybe even a PN-20 owner but no such luck… to be honest I didn’t see any other GPS devices in use. I guess a sea of 30,000 riders being guided by an army of volunteers and police officers didn’t really need the latest in GPS based navigation technology. I did get lots of questions about the helmet cam and the PN-20 on my handlebars… I guess I’ll have to hold the Team DeLorme t-shirt for another challenge… Keep your eye out for an upcoming blog post!

By: Keth

Keth — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:00:47 +0000

So did you give the shirt away?