If you want to know how to save the routes you travel on your TomTom, or how to add GPS information to your photos, these subjects and many other things GPS related are covered in a lengthy article I’ve just written for Computer Active magazine. It’s the issue on sale today and the article is [...]
Note: Unless you’re a website designer, this probably won’t mean a lot to you! Need to find out your ‘GLatLng’ settings for a custom Google Maps implementation? The code looks something like this… “function load() { if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(“map”)); map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.4419, -122.1419), 13); var gIcons = []; map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl()); map.addControl(new [...]
After one too many bike rides where the party ended up lost, we have invested in a nice shiny Garmin Etrex HC. The plan is simple: download existing mountain bike routes to Etrex, clip Etrex to handlebars, party follows direction arrow on Etrex and a good day (that doesn’t involve stopping to check a map [...]
I made this last year and forgot to post up. It’s a Points Of Interest file (POI) for all Starbucks shops in the UK. If you have a Tom Tom GPS device just download the zip file and copy the two files (excluding the ‘readme’) onto your Tom Tom device and hey presto! Instant Latte [...]
Hopefully I’ll be enjoying a few more jaunts on the good old bike across our green and pleasant lands this summer. You can see where I have been by taking a look at my interactive Google Map. I’m sticking a pin in after every journey. If you can recommend any in the locality be sure [...]
