September 09, 2006

Waypoints - September 9, 2006

I'm finally getting back to posting Waypoints (sheepish grin), with this abbreviated edition. Hopefully, things will soon return to normal!

Places to download waypoints and tracks

  • Backpacker Magazine has put up a GPS site with waypoints. Unfortunately, it's pretty weak -- few trails, and no way to download coordinates; you have to enter them manually.
  • TopoShare. is another new site that allows you to download track files.When I tried to download a .gpx link, it gave a .php file extension, but it worked fine when I changed it to .gpx.
  • Bikely is another source that lets you download bike routes in .gpx format.

Hardware

The rest

  • byCycle helps you plan bike friendly routes.
  • Here's an interesting project you may have heard about -- placing all USGS DRG maps on the web for free. I haven't quite figured out who is going to pay for the bandwidth.
  • Here is a wonderful, in-depth history of GPS. One warning for those of you on dialup -- it's a 34 page pdf.
  • I'm really pleased with this Google Maps imagery update, since there is a great deal of improvement in my part of Northern California.

Sep 9, 2006 11:34:20 AM | Waypoints

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Jim D

XM traffic is provided by Navteq and Magellan units use NavTeq traffic broadcast by CBS radio. The delivery is different but the info should be the same.

Posted by: Jim D | September 12, 2006 at 11:11 PM

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