Have you seen the "Bikely" website, at http://www.bikely.com ? It's a Google-maps based tool that allows users to record their favorite bike routes for everyone to retrieve. There are already a number of Madison area routes stored in the system: http://www.bikely.com/listpaths/country/254/region/170/city/11582. If a route is sufficiently annotated, you can even retrieve it as a cue sheet (see, for example, the "Capital City Route" on the Madison area page).
I think the Bikely website might have some interesting applications for organizing the Madison bike community. Matt Logan wrote: > Idea 2) > > One of the other technologies I played with a while ago was implementing > a google-maps tool that took the GPS data from my GPS recorder and > allowed me to plot the location of critical mass during the ride that > month. In the process of learning to write this tool, I realized that > it can be configured to allow people to enter data based on map > location. > > What I am thinking of specifically is a web tool to allow bikies to > enter issues into an online database - identified not only by keywords, > but by physical location. This allows a location-based search which > could be a very handy tool to help us collectively remember what issues > need to be addressed when some type of construction is planned in a > specific part of the city. > > Using the Livingston street example again, Let's say John enters in a > location marker pointing out where the City needs to install speed > tables all along the Isthmus path. It turns out that there is an issue > with replacing sewer lines along the path that will require > construction, so when that item pops up a city meeting, Chuck could do a > quick location-check in the database beforehand and see that this might > be a good time to talk about putting in the speed table. And maybe at > the same time another location marker impacted by the project is close > by - and could be addressed as well. > > This also provides a searchable collective memory so bikies don't miss > opportunities. > > Idea 2b) > > A similar tool could be used to record a collection of regular bike trip > routes across town. This could help us see what needs we might have > that can only be picked out from someone with a bird's - eye view of the > situation. > > - Matt > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies > > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
