March 29, 2005
GPS visualizer
A while ago I was told about GPS visualizer. It's an interactive website where you can upload track files (and other GPS data) and view it overlaid on various maps.
The thing that makes it interesting for me is that the speed data can be represented on the track, which is something I wish Ozi Explorer would do, because the uploading and downloading process is a rather tortuous procedure on GPS visualizer.
First, you upload the track data, then you view it as an Scaled Vector Graphics file, meaning a viewer from Adobe is required. (2300kb). Once that is downloaded and installed and you successfully create a map, you can download the SVG to your hard drive.
To display it on a website as a JPEG, you have to upload it again to the GPS Visualizer site and have it converted. Then you can download the JPEG file.
Kind of a pain. I suppose I could just do the old "Alt-Prt screen" to capture the file, Paste it to Paintshop Pro and then save it as a JPEG. Something tells me the quality wouldn't be there. I'll try it when I'm bored.
Here's the result. It's a bike ride from about a year ago around my neighborhood. I suppose I could have done one of the sailboat races last year but I'll have the chance in a few weeks - no days(!).
