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Anyone see this yet? Pretty cool...  8)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=valley+green+inn,+philadelphia&ie=UTF8&ll=40.05472,-75.216436&spn=0.022994,0.040169&t=p&z=15&om=1 (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=valley+green+inn,+philadelphia&ie=UTF8&ll=40.05472,-75.216436&spn=0.022994,0.040169&t=p&z=15&om=1)

-pete

Nope, but that is pretty cool.

Pete...how did you do the Thanksgiving Two Park ride?  From your GPS?  That was a cool pic.

Hey Rico -- Yeah I have a Garmin Edge. There's software that does basically what the Garmin "Training Center" does (that's the s/w that comes with the Edge), but better, called SportTracks. With it you can view/log your ride and GPS data, but you can also export the data to Google Earth, which is the source of the pic I posted. If you've never played with GE you should download it and check it out, really fun to play with. You can "fly" over terrain and change your altitude, heading, etc. What's really cool is viewing GPS data that was recorded in mountainous areas, since GE is 3D you get a really good visual of the terrain...

-pete

I'm not sure if you'll be able to see this one; you may need to download MS's version of Google Earth. But click the link then and make sure you are on 3D view and that you zoom in and angle it. Then click on the Bird's Eye view.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=40.073165~-75.224643&style=r&lvl=19&tilt=-28.0903963363322&dir=4.84493990860396&alt=287.926871594042&cam=40.068321~-75.225177&scene=-1&ss=yp.valley%20green%20inn%2C~pg.1~sst.0&encType=1

Damn - i was going to post that "Terrain" thing this AM but figured that no one else would be interested.

SportTracks is really great.  It automatically logs all of your rides, giving you distance, time, elevation change, etc. plus the GPS track that you can display on a map or Google Earth picture and export like Pete did.  There's a new release that I haven't seen yet - Pete, do you have Version 2.0 up yet?

No I'm running 1.3.something, I didn't know there was a new version -- I'll check it out, thanks!

-pete

EDIT: Looks like they're revamping the GUI a bit among other things, but I think I'll wait until it's out of beta since some 1.3.x features aren't available in it yet...