15 November 2007

A virtual Scrap book of my travels -Galway, Ireland


So im here in the Barnicles Hostel, as im working away at creating my GPS map across canada, showing people an actual route across canada, as a digital downloadable guide. .. and eventually onto a XD card so people can put the card into a handheald GPS device and go across canada (mostly for cycling), but possable for horseback, for mountain biking, for hiking. So they can use a giude across canada.
The big question people ask me after I say what im doing is. 'How Can i make money off it?'
Well,i figure that because it's using other peoples information, and its user centric, i cant charge for it.
So what I can do is write an actual book about my travels and journey in creating this thing, and everything i am learning along the way. Most of the book will be excerpts from my personal notes that i am writing each day in my palm.. as these notes are more personal, and the names and places and dates need to be changed. .. As characters need to be made up, as i cant be writing about people without their concient. (Although when the book gets published, those readin it, will know it's about them).

So anyway, there another traveler who is working on an Physical Scrap book of the trip journal, cutting and pasting ideas along the way.
Since im not doing a technical journal (as i need the technical journal to be VERY specifac, otherwise it doesnt get done :)
Anyway, with the power of this computer, i can take a screenshot of what im working on. Cool.

So what im doing is copying other peoples routes across canada (which they wrote about on crazy guyonabike.com but didnt include a map... this is a rough outline using what they were saying in there blog as the route they took. Then having in the route description a link bakc to their blog site with all their details.
My main information im looking for is the actual route they took, (and also their Camping and motels and bike shops. .. and where the trail heads are. as those should be the anker points for the route lines.. along with where the road changes or where you need to turn. .. Buut if your sticking to the same highway, there is no point in having so many lines as this is the simple route.

P.S. if your reading this and you have actually gone across canada on a bike, please contact me and send me a link to where your route details are.
Cheers,
Sam

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From the Desk of Berlin B. Bear:
Discovering the Human Impact on the Environment and;
Creating a route map online and on GPS for others to easily follow along.

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