Can you let us know where on Google Maps it is? I like following people's routes on G maps, looking at the terrain, photos etc. It's something I do sometimes for cycle touring routes, and would be very interesting for your motorbike trip.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Subash > Sent: 17 August 2008 10:05 > To: PDML > Subject: OT: GPS tracks and google maps > > hi, > > posting this (definitely OT) subject here in the hope that it > may be of > interest to those who tinker around with gps devices/google maps and > the like... > > during my recent ride in the himalayas i had taken a garmin > gps with me > (the vista hcx) and almost every day's ride was saved as tracks. had > taken eight eneloop batteries to power the device (had also fixed > a DC 12V cigarette lighter socket to the motorcycle battery to charge > the eneloops through a DC charger). managed to keep the device powered > through the 21 days of the ride... > > since i am on slackware, i use the following programme to put > together/combine the waypoints/tracks into one single track. > http://qlandkarte.sourceforge.net/. once i had a single track with > the waypoints, for the first 10 days (from new delhi through > lahaul and spiti to leh, the capital of ladakh district, > about 1550 km, > maximum altitude attained on the way, 16600 ft), i used an online > facility (www.gpsvisualizer.com) to project the track on to google > maps. > > a lot of cut & paste later, i have a rough-cut google map of the first > 10 days' ride. i have a png file (about 7.7 mb) and a jpg version (1.4 > mb) for those of who might want to take a peek....:-)) > > jpg version (1.4 mb!!): > http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5235403121982680194 > > png version (7.7 mb!!): > http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Etc/photo#5235405345629675218 > > i am keeping the next 11 days' ride map for another lazy weekend. :-)) > > regards, subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
