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March 11, 2007
Sunday in Review
It was in the 50s here today ... blah blah blah ... I rode the bike.
I mentioned the other day that I take pictures at the starts of my rides to sort of chronicle things like the weather and the state of my love handles (the fat part just above the hips ... not the ears).
I use TopoFusion to keep track of my where I've ridden. Info from my GPS is downloaded into the software, a map is produced and a log entry is created that allows me to add notes and whatnot.
Part of the whatnot -- and I need to be clear that TopoFusion does much more than I use it for -- is that is allows me to add pictures as way points to my routes I've ridden. The photos are added automatically based on the time/date of the way point and the time/date from the photo's Exif info (this is not necessarily the date and time shown when doing a file listing) which makes it a pretty easy thing to do.
It's a little trickier exporting a log file with photos to HTML format and the result isn't as pretty as what you see from within TopoFusion. (UPDATE: It's a little trickier getting the export to work on the blog and I'm pretty sure that, if I were going to do this on a regular basis, I could make it a lot simpler just by creating directories for each ride I post. Any problem I had does not seem to be TopoFusion related.)
Having said all of that -- here's where I went today. You'll notice that in the clickable image below that there are thumbnails. In TopoFusion rolling the mouse over the thumbnails enlarges them. When I export everything in html format and open the index.html file from my notebook the thumbnails are present and are downloaded from WADLL. When I put everything on the site the thumbnails disappear.
So, if you want you can use the guide on the image below to find the images. Generally speaking they are below and to the right of the camera icons on the route map. In instances where there are two images (the lowest two points on the route as you look at it) the images are below the camera and to the left and right. Your cursor will change when the time is right to click.
To the right of the the TopoFusion Home Page blurb (at the top of the page) is an icon to toggle aerial view -- clicking it makes things a bit prettier.
One of the way point images is of my kids -- they were at the school when I went by.
Posted by delmer at March 11, 2007 10:08 PM
Comments
Hey!!!I like this. Jack looks a little concerned. Maybe he was just running and catching his breath. Anyway they sure are a good looking---plus great---bunch of boys. Love
Posted by: Mom/Granny at March 12, 2007 8:20 AM
If I'd known you were cycling via Stone Henge (that's in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK) I would have offered you a cup of tea! That was quite a ride you took, no wonder you look half-dead by the end of it!
Posted by: Pen at March 12, 2007 12:15 PM
Mom: Jack is a little bit sick and he had been running just a bit.
Pen: I'm pretty sure it's Salsbury. Per Peter Gabriel --
Climbing up on Salsbury Hill
I could see the city light
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He smashed straight into the Henge
Bashed his head and broke his beak
Laid there weeping, went to winge
"This hasn't my best week."
Posted by: delmer at March 12, 2007 2:35 PM
What's Peter Gabriel know?
http://www.visitsalisbury.com/
Posted by: Mikeo at March 12, 2007 9:06 PM
OH OH and then there was this.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solsbury_Hill
So your wrong twiced? must be the meds.....
Posted by: Mikeo at March 12, 2007 9:13 PM
MikeO: I did a direct cut & paste from a lyric site to come up with Salsbury. I tweaked the part about the eagle, naturally.
"Solsbury" is always how I'd heard PG say it, but I thought it was the accent that turned "Sal" into "Sol."
I did use "winge" correclty, so I'm taking back one of the being wrongs you slapped on me.
Posted by: delmer at March 12, 2007 9:24 PM
I recognized the view out of Mickey D's but I didn't know there was a Stonehenge that close to work! This site is always so informative.
Posted by: Icymt. at March 13, 2007 10:56 AM