Ride Maps

[wkreps]

I've been publishing maps of my rides like the one below to facebook but they are tedious to make and add the photo icons. I found an app that will auto draw the line based on GPS info from my smart phone. Stay tuned because inthe next couple days, I'll post a map it makes. I think this is pretty cool. The app is Endomondo and is meant for workouts but hey, it does what I want. I'll just tell it I'm on a cycling workout.

[Momma bear]

Very cool!

[wkreps]

Here's the latest automatically generated map from my iPhone app Endomondo. I can link you to the actual map page on the website but not sure how much I like anyone being able to zoom in/out to see EXACTLY where I am. I suppose if you really want to look me up you could do a little research but then you'd have to stop by and we'd go for a ride. A nice little addition is that each mile is marked by number. I can also go in and see a bar chart of my speed by time or distance. With the map right beside it I can see just hoe fast I was going anywhere along the path. The only thing is that it IS an exercise app so it told me I burned over 1700 calories during this "Workout". NOT! This will certainly get me by though until I have time to see if there's some sort of app out there that will do exactly as I want. Until then, this is a big step forward. Oh yeah, this is the FREE version of the app too and they have it for many OS's.

[Calothrix]

Did you feel nervous at all when you were cruising on I-55 at 56 mph and cars and trucks were blowing by you?

[wkreps]

Calothrix,
I would never attempt going on the interstate. Historic US66 parallels I-55 at that point. I crossed over I-55 (mile 7-8) then paralleled it until the next exit and crossed over (mile 16-17) again. I thought some people might think that.