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At last, I’m able to run simulations using statistics from GPS tracks. It took quite a bit of code and some wrestling with the data, but it is working. We’re looking at the effect of basing trail decisions (which way to go when you get to an intersection) on your route history. Most models …. [Continue reading] We’re off to ride and hike down in the Santa Rita’s this morning. It looks like it’s going to be an excellent day. Coati is staring at me, wanting to play. He’s an insatiable little ball of energy. He bounced right back after his operation (we got him neutered this week). The stray kitten who …. [Continue reading] Though many thought Thursday’s epic was unbeatable, I was on my bike for 10 minutes longer today. I also took along 4 GPS devices, for a side-by-side comparison. I’ll slap a page together on the results when I have a few minutes. Anyone out there with a ‘maps.dat’ file larger than 2 GB? One user …. [Continue reading] Back from the midwest, at last. It was just as I remember it–frigid, grey and dilapidated. But I’ll doubt I’ll ever be excited about cities, or flatlands. I rode the chameleon to school today; the sun was in full force and it succeeded in thawing me. I’m starting to feel alive again. This week …. [Continue reading] Spent the day working on my upcoming presentation and trying to deal with taxes. Then, Odin and I walked&talked the first couple miles of the Finger Rock trail. It was toasty warm today and the canyon provided a nice respite from the AZ sun. Based on previous TopoFusion demos / talks I have given, I’ve …. [Continue reading] We walked up to Pontotoc Cliffs this morning. Great day and fun hike. There weren’t too many people out there for a nice Sunday morning. In the afternoon I took hottie to the latest Stephen King movie. It was mostly awful, but the CG ‘animatrix’ was somewhat interesting. Paula likes her horror movies, and …. [Continue reading] I went for another ride today. Yes, I said another. I rode off with Alan towards the Rillito and then said “till we meet again” as I turned right and he turned left to ride foothills suburban assault. I planned on riding 30-40 minutes and never being further than 2 miles from home, so I …. [Continue reading] I went on a ride today. It was only 30 minutes long and only on neighborhood roads, but I will take what I can get. My knee feels a little funny, but it seems ok thus far. After nine months of being limited by my right knee, now I’m limited by my left. So, not …. [Continue reading] Power discussions between the big two of TopoFusion today. Or, the future is presenting itself, and we’re hopelessly lost in it. But hope is unreasonable. I’ve become aware that we (through this site) present ourselves in a professional and real-company-like manner. This is most certainly a reputation that is undeserved. The idea being that we …. [Continue reading] I’m out at the Desert Museum this week for the Recreation Modeling Workshop. A number of people from around the country (and world) and from various gov. agencies are here to talk about modeling, the state of the art, and where to go from here. I threw together a little poster about GPS, modeling and …. [Continue reading] Spring Break has begun which means I’m accomplishing nothing. As it should be. WC3, Zelda Four Sword, etc. A brave racer lost his life at the Tucson Bicycle Classic this weekend. My friends from Speed Bikes told me about it, then later I read more. Today someone asked my opinion on the matter. Many …. [Continue reading] An SDMB group ride this morning. It was another great ride on the new bike which means it wouldn’t be complete without jabbing knee pain. In the group were the two singlespeed heroes. They launched themselves up Redington. I quickly found that both pedaling hard and standing made my knee feel better, or, not as …. [Continue reading] TopoFusion broke yesterday. Terraserver’s news page indicates they did a major upgrade. A side effect of the upgrade was that all copies of TopoFusion will no longer be able to download maps. Alan has fixed the problem and a new version will be up soon, hopefully. Alan and Paula reported seeing a man riding a bike, no hands, with cigarette in one hand and flashlight in the other. The question is, what would he have done if his cell phone started ringing– ditch the cigarette or the flashlight? Tough call. I spent the day hiking and digging out in the …. [Continue reading] My knee is much worse today. Big surprise. Welcome to the last 9 months where my riding is always limited by one or the other of my knees. Still, I’ve hammered out some solid rides while “managing” my various injuries. I remain nearly satisfied, but always thirsting for more. The first GPS for my project …. [Continue reading] Inaugural ride on the Chameleon today. I rolled out to school for a talk @11am, then changed clothes and continued on to Tucson Mountain Park with Odin the great. We hit tech pass, JK trail and hedgehog before returning back through the university. In the end we had 30 miles and 2000 feet of climbing. My advisor is collecting data for my project, but he doesn’t use Windows. I found a free linux program called GPSBabel that supposedly will save GPX files. He responded: That program that you list below has very little documentation, and I could not figure out how to get tracks from the device. The diary is up and running. Finished up the assembly of my Chameleon today. Hey! Let’s go out and ride it . . . oh wait, my knee. Walking around is fine–riding isn’t. Shoganai. Things are rolling on the Speed Bikes web site. Lil’ sister is working her magic once again. I don’t know …. [Continue reading] |
 Scott Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on. I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com. More... Projects / Sites  
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