[ORRando] Fw: Plains-Whitefish blogging

Lynne Fitzsimmons fitzbase at comcast.net
Wed Nov 12 10:05:14 PST 2008


I like it too.  In terms of navigation, though, it is mildly annoying to 
have to keep going back to the summary page to go to another one (the Trip 
Actions section in the lower right, below the fold, which isn't the best 
placement either :-) ).  The Print Trip is really nice!

Cheers,
Lynne F

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Kramer" <jckramer at gorge.net>
To: "Susan France" <susanfrance at teleport.com>; "ORRando" 
<orrando at orrandonneurs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [ORRando] Fw: Plains-Whitefish blogging


>I like it. They put together some user requirements and put developers to
> work. There are at least 5 different bike route mapping utilities on the 
> web
> and I think all of them use the Google maps api. I like being able to
> register photos along the route. I like the points of interest inventory 
> but
> it would be better if it included a route mileage.  I like the
> map/satellite/hybrid/terrain/topo together on the same map even though it 
> is
> overkill for biking purposes. They missed adding zoom to the mouse wheel.
> The other features on the site are mildly interesting, like the training
> section or fix it options. I had to stop and watch the wheel truing video. 
> I
> like the embedded maps and might convert mine to
> bicycling.trimbleoutdoors.com this winter as I add new permanents to my
> inventory. The one thing that all of the routing map applications are
> missing is the ability to search the map and find things along the route
> like motels, restaurants, gas stations etc. If you are scoping an 
> unfamiliar
> route, the supply info is probably the first question that comes to mind.
> I'll continue to stage the route descriptions with embedded maps from 
> either
> bikely or bicycling.trimbleoutdoors on randobiker.blogspot.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Susan France" <susanfrance at teleport.com>
> Subject: [ORRando] Fw: Plains-Whitefish blogging
>
>
>> Check this out. I though the Bicycling mapping project was pretty cool.
>> What do you think Kramer?
>> Susan.
>>
>
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