A few days ago, via Techcrunch, I came across the Relive application that visualises GPS traces of bike rides using 3D Google Earth style animations using a range of map data sources.
Data is uploaded using GPX, TCX, or FIT formatted data – all of which are new to me. Standard KML uploads don’t work – time stamps are required for each waypoint.
Along the route, photographic waypoints can be added to illustrate the journey, which got me thinking: this could be a really neat addition to the Rally-maps.com website, annotating stage maps after a race with:
- photographs from various locations on the stage;
- images at each split point showing the leaderboard and time splits from each stage;
- pace info, showing the relative pace across each stage, perhaps captured from a reconnaissance vehicle or zero car.
Alternatively, it might be something that the WRC – or Red Bull TV, who are providing online and TV coverage of this year’s rallys – could publish?
And if they want to borrow some of my WRC chart styles for waypoint images, I’m sure something could be arranged:-)
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