I made a map, added the phrase "Rivendell Friendly" to it, and tried to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I could zoom in on Orange County, type "Rivendell Ride" in the maps search and find five or six mapped rides, but I can't. I imagine that's on the agenda for Google, someday, but not today.
I agree with Tse-Tsung that a database of "Rivendell" rides would be dynamite. I like easy, I like central, so I'd vote for a thread here. Here's a test map for a route I saved: a mixed terrain ride from McMinnville, Oregon to the Flying M ranch, where bike events are sometimes held. So: link, description, location-specific keywords. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa8652517590&msa=0 "Bicycle route from Tommy's Bike Shop in McMinnville to the Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. Mixed Terrain, Rivendell friendly Willamette Valley ride. Lots of gravel, some climbing. Staying off of Westside Road, because there's no shoulder, low visibility, and the hay trucks go 70mph. McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, 97128, Southwest of Portland, OR." Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 2:04 pm, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote: > I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out > in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, > get found, and have a good time. > > I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as > "Rivendell friendly," but I can't see how to search public maps. It > may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make > our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to > "Carlton OR" on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- > terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I > want to attend a bike thing there in May). > Philip > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com > > On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW <tsesun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > hi all, > > Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where > > people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a > > thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be > > online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- > > ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly > > technical off-road. > > > TIA, > > Tse-Sung > > Berkeley > > > ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration > > Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took > > the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El > > Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) > > > More: > > >http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 > > > Hit the "3D" button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
