William There's a whole lot of (customer-generated) value in that Strava dataset... I too have mulled the idea of a platform like that, blending ridewithgps with some social aspect (flickr). The difference, of course is that here Strava just shows us footprints (er, tire-tracks) and not which way/where they went. Much like gauging the current 'Traffic' option w/ google maps.
The curatorial storytelling is what's missing from Big Data. =- Joe On 4/30/14, William! <[email protected]> wrote: > Definitely not into the points and time tracking aspects of what Strava > does, but this data is really really incredible. It's a great way to find > new Roads to Ride. > > For some time, I've been toying for sometime about building a sort of > 'bicycle adventurist's right hand man' app for my phone. Somewhere in > between Strava (functionality wise) and crazyguyonabike/RBW > (culture/community wise). I want to make it a bit easier and less > error-prone to pseudo-plan routes - and to go off of the plan and find > something great. And maybe a way to share really great adventures. One of > these days I'll get around to it. If you'd like to be on the beta-list, > shoot me an email... > > William > > On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 12:07:10 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: >> >> What really jumps out at me are all the various fire trails and ranch >> roads which have been accessed / "you *can* get there from here". >> Crowd-sourced geography lessons! >> =- Joe >> >> On 4/30/14, Tim Gavin <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> > I have no interest in using Strava. >> > >> > But it's interesting how many do. Look at Iowa. You can see last >> year's >> > RAGBRAI route (across the southern third of the state) very clearly, >> like a >> > river of lava. >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Joe Bunik >> > <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > >> >> in other words, don't forget Orwell warned us... "Big Brother is >> Watching >> >> You"! >> >> =- Joe >> >> >> >> On 4/30/14, Joe Bunik <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> > While overlap between RBW and Strava-users might not necessarily be >> >> > the largest, this is still pretty interesting data- >> >> > >> >> > http://labs.strava.com/heatmap/#4/-97.08164/35.33645/gray/both >> >> > >> >> > =- Joe Bunik >> >> > Walnut Creek, CA >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >> >> an >> >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> >> To post to this group, send email to >> >> [email protected]<javascript:>. >> >> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an >> > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> > To post to this group, send email to >> > [email protected]<javascript:>. >> >> > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
