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I'm a bit of a competetive personalitly, so I competetive love ball sports. However, sometimes, when I can't find anybody to play squash, volleyball or soccer, I love to go for a run. In all the places I have lived so far, I've always had my usual loop. But I never knew what distance I actually covered,
only an average time.
So here's my halfbaked idea:
A website that let's me configure my route on a map, and then tells me the distance. A cool website would offer a 3d simulation of a run, and the user would click "right here", "left there" as the simulation moves on. In the end you get the distance and an optional altitude profile. After that a virtual trainer appears on screen, and tells you what speed you need to run to burn so-and-so many calories, the equivalent of so-and-so many cans of coke, hamburgers, chocolates...
Sorry, gone to far. But I'm still interested in what distance I'm covering. Anybody up for building that?
PS. I know those dumb wheelie things for maps exist, but I hate them (and I don't have one, either).
Microsoft Streets and Trips
http://www.microsof...treets/default.mspx
[Size_Mick, Jan 17 2005]
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
A 3D interface to the planet [Minimal, Nov 28 2005]
Another Google Solution
http://www.tobyk.com/maps/
Very useful. [lostdog, Nov 28 2005]
Gmaps Pedometer
http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
This does what you are talking about but not the altitude and calorie analysis. It's a hack on Google Maps. [shoesuntied, Nov 29 2005]
Baked. This does the Calorie calculation too.
http://www.walkjogrun.net/
Plus you can save and share routes in your area. [Galbinus_Caeli, Jun 19 2007]
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Hmm, there are already many ways of achieving this (the wheelie thing you mentioned and pedometers that clip on to your socks come to mind), but I haven't come across anything that would give you the option of going on a virtual run while sitting down eating a burger. You could set it up so that if you tell the software what you're eating, it will choose a route that will burn off that exact amount of calories. You can learn the route while eating your lunch, then run it later. Have a fattening all-butter croissant, then go explore the neighbourhood. |
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I could be wrong but I think software like MS Streets and Trips can do the route distance thing. However, since I don't own this software, or anything like it, I'm not 100% sure that it actually allows you to program in your own routes, but it'd be pretty gay if it didn't. See link. |
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You could find the simplist web based GIS program and map it. |
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This way your elevation changes will be figured into your route as well. |
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Web based GPS trip software on a palmtop while you run? |
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Pedometer that you get in a box of Special-K? |
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This would be a good add-on to mapblast.com or yahoo maps. These services will tell you how long a route is, down to a tenth of a mile, but only for computer-generated routes. (+) |
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baked, baked, and double-baked... I have a garmin etrex vista GPS, and the software for it allows route creation (auto-routing, or you can click intersections, addresses, etc to manually make the route) and calculation (and it generates turn-by-turn directions), or you can carry the gps with you and run the route first, and measure the track log. The MapSource program even estimates the time based on a custom speed profile. You can input your average jogging (or driving, or biking...) speed, and when a route is created, it estimates the time it takes to traverse it based on distance.
edit
just realized - that's not wed-based. D'oh! |
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Its free software from Google (See link) |
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Providing it has a high-res map of your area, It has a mesurement line that you can overlay over your route. It even has altitude information. OK so it's not high-res enough to be a full-bake of your idea, but I am sure it will get higher res as time goes on.... |
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I love Google Earth btw...If anyone has not tried it, I highly recommend it. You can fly to anywhere on the globe, swoop along valleys and over the major cities of the world. It's just an amazing, incredible experience.... |
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What WOULD be good is if you could enter you post-code, what speed you want to go, and for how long, how often you want to stop for coffee breaks(You can tell that I don't take running seriously) etc.. and have it compute the best route for you. Sorta like Autoroute but for the jogger. |
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Great idea, just used the Gmaps Pedometer on my jogging route home. If this could be implemented with the whole 3D visuals it would be amazing. Perhaps also a cross implementation with the Google Cycle could be devised. |
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