Comments on: Hal? http://www.commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/ Tips, Hints, Reviews and Safety for Bike Commuters Thu, 23 May 2013 16:49:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Another New Mapping Toy From Google at Commute by Bike http://www.commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/comment-page-1/#comment-25551 Another New Mapping Toy From Google at Commute by Bike Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:56:20 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/#comment-25551 [...] we’ve noted in the past HERE and HERE, there are other tools available as well. We would encourage you to try them and share some cool [...] [...] we’ve noted in the past HERE and HERE, there are other tools available as well. We would encourage you to try them and share some cool [...]

]]> By: steve http://www.commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/comment-page-1/#comment-19778 steve Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:16:31 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/#comment-19778 If you're using a GPS, consider uploading your tracks to <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org" rel="nofollow">OpenStreetMap</a>; they're working on a map of the world based on free data sources (including GPS traces). If you're really interested, you can help create the tracks as well - see the <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a> for more details. If you’re using a GPS, consider uploading your tracks to OpenStreetMap; they’re working on a map of the world based on free data sources (including GPS traces). If you’re really interested, you can help create the tracks as well – see the Wiki for more details.

]]> By: Steve http://www.commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/comment-page-1/#comment-19769 Steve Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:16:17 +0000 http://commutebybike.com/2007/02/11/hal/#comment-19769 I have a bike mounted GPS that has maps and a my commute route in its memory. It tracks each trip's date, time, and speed. I can upload it to my computer and see how long each trip took, where along my route I went slower or faster and all sorts of other data. I use to monitor this a lot but I got out of the habit. It will be interesting when it is warmer out and I can compare my speeds to last summer when I first started my current route. But the feature on my GPS that I really like is that it has my estimated time of arrival. It has been pretty accurate considering how much stop and go I have through the city streets. Bikely.com is another bike routing site similar to Veloroutes.org. I haven't checked it out in a while but it has some of the same features as Veloroutes but in a different format; a Coke/Pepsi kind of thing. I have a bike mounted GPS that has maps and a my commute route in its memory. It tracks each trip’s date, time, and speed. I can upload it to my computer and see how long each trip took, where along my route I went slower or faster and all sorts of other data. I use to monitor this a lot but I got out of the habit. It will be interesting when it is warmer out and I can compare my speeds to last summer when I first started my current route.

But the feature on my GPS that I really like is that it has my estimated time of arrival. It has been pretty accurate considering how much stop and go I have through the city streets.

Bikely.com is another bike routing site similar to Veloroutes.org. I haven’t checked it out in a while but it has some of the same features as Veloroutes but in a different format; a Coke/Pepsi kind of thing.

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