Comments on: GPS Tracks and Orienteering Mistakes http://blog.oobrien.com/2006/12/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes/ An orienteering weblog Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:48:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ollie http://blog.oobrien.com/2006/12/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-14697 Ollie Sun, 10 Dec 2006 12:39:06 +0000 http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/archives/2006/12/03/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes.php#comment-14697 Doesn't work with Safari either - and Internet Explorer isn't available for Intel Macs :-( I'll keep looking - loc8r.com may work well. Doesn’t work with Safari either – and Internet Explorer isn’t available for Intel Macs :-(

I’ll keep looking – loc8r.com may work well.

]]> By: David Currie http://blog.oobrien.com/2006/12/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-14382 David Currie Sat, 09 Dec 2006 21:17:08 +0000 http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/archives/2006/12/03/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes.php#comment-14382 I take that back... I can't find any documentation on it but if you add the URL of a GPX file after the following URL it will display the track on Virtual Earth map data: http://www.blogthevote.net/vetrax/map.aspx?track= Fantastic to be able to see detours round individual trees. Unfortunately it only seems to work with IE not Firefox. I take that back… I can’t find any documentation on it but if you add the URL of a GPX file after the following URL it will display the track on Virtual Earth map data:
http://www.blogthevote.net/vetrax/map.aspx?track=

Fantastic to be able to see detours round individual trees. Unfortunately it only seems to work with IE not Firefox.

]]> By: David Currie http://blog.oobrien.com/2006/12/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-13629 David Currie Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:38:45 +0000 http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/archives/2006/12/03/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes.php#comment-13629 I've yet to find a site which will display GPS tracks on Virtual Earth imagery though. I’ve yet to find a site which will display GPS tracks on Virtual Earth imagery though.

]]> By: Ollie http://blog.oobrien.com/2006/12/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-13623 Ollie Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:36:33 +0000 http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/archives/2006/12/03/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes.php#comment-13623 I haven't, but I took a quick look just now - agreed, the resolution for Ashdown Forest, where today's event was, is at a much higher resolution. MS Virtual Earth is more like Google Maps than Google Earth though, as far as I can tell, in-so-far as it's a web application. Incidently I'm using Google KML files for Google Earth - GPSBabel converts my NMEA files to these as well as to GPX if I want. GPX is nicer, but the Mac client of Google Earth does not yet read them in. I haven’t, but I took a quick look just now – agreed, the resolution for Ashdown Forest, where today’s event was, is at a much higher resolution. MS Virtual Earth is more like Google Maps than Google Earth though, as far as I can tell, in-so-far as it’s a web application.

Incidently I’m using Google KML files for Google Earth – GPSBabel converts my NMEA files to these as well as to GPX if I want. GPX is nicer, but the Mac client of Google Earth does not yet read them in.

]]> By: Ian http://blog.oobrien.com/2006/12/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-13622 Ian Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:25:43 +0000 http://www.oobrien.com/yepsport/archives/2006/12/03/gps-tracks-and-orienteering-mistakes.php#comment-13622 Ollie - I presume you have you come across Virtual Earth, the M$ equivalent of Google Earth. It has one advantage at least - the resolution of the aerial photography is far superior, whether you can overlay GPS tracks is another matter... Ollie – I presume you have you come across Virtual Earth, the M$ equivalent of Google Earth. It has one advantage at least – the resolution of the aerial photography is far superior, whether you can overlay GPS tracks is another matter…

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