I like that by posting links here, we can use any mapping site we
like, which seems 5x as inclusive.
A short description of length, difficulty, and location, along with
the link is probably useful for long-term searchability. City, County/
Parish, state, length, road surface ('mixed terrain'), and features
like "ocean" or "mountains" might be good keywords to include. If
they're posted to this thread, "database" would filter for it, since
that's not a word I see on the list very often.Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 3, 5:25 pm, "Bill M." <bmenn...@comcast.net> wrote: > Strava is tied to GPS recording, and seems a little too oriented to > "look how fast I did this climb" for my taste. The home page says > "Track your progress and compete against friends". Not really the > attitude I expect prevails around this list. I don't need to share my > watt output with the world to share a nice bike route. > > Bikely or Map My Ride might work better for route sharing and > searching without a competitive attitude. Both have some tagging > capability, but "mixed terrain'' doesn't seem to be a category either > has caught on to. > > Gmap-pedometer is a pretty basic tool that allows you to build and > save routes in Google maps without logins or memberships. The route > names are strictly numeric as far as I can tell, which makes searching > them difficult, but they can be shared publicly. Here's one (paved) > route I created as an example: > > http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3765211 > > Bill > > On Jan 3, 8:44 am, TSW <tsesun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, I've never figured out how to save routes the way one could in > > Yahoo Maps. > > > But this is quite cool: you use its smartphone app or a GPS, and it > > maps your route, which you can post, share, etc. > > >http://www.strava.com/rides/my-revenge-x2-at-montezuma-grade-2856587 > > > Notice that you can get avg speed in various segments. I'm guessing > > they're crowd-sourced named. > > > Searching isn't great, it seems. I wonder if it'd be possible to > > create a public "Riv-ish" collection of routes. > > > Tse-Sung > > Berkeley > > > On Jan 3, 12:26 am, Philip Williamson <philip.william...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > 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=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa... > > > "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 Williamsonwww.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.
