Outlaw Trail 100km Route (TOPO!)

http://www.lonewolf-digital.com/maps/Outlaw_Trail.pdf

I may try to GPSbabel this into a Google Earth *.kml later this week. Watch this space.

Le Tour: dans trois dimensions courtoisie de Google

This is just plain cool, especially if you're an increasingly dedicated cyclist with a growing penchant for Geo-stuff... (I don't know anybody like that, personally.)

Ever wondered just how evil L'Alpe d'Huez really is? Well, Le Tour de France has a stage-by-stage KML file that you can download and examine in Google Earth. (Note: Macs and Linux boxen are no longer excuses for not having Google Earth.) This is a really good showcase for just what can be done, too -- they've incorporated all sorts of information, including the elevation profiles (with intermediate sprints and categorized climbs called out) and hyperlinks to some of the spots along the route. For lazy-heads, here's a shrunken screenshot of the route up L'Alpe d'Huez:


I suspect it won't be too long before we see real-time telemetry that allows you to follow your favorite riders along the course. Heck, there are probably quite a few folks that would pay for that...

Cool Device

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/013/scupc1000.html#features

Looks like a useful contraption for bailing-out of various random computer-related problems, and a good way to recycle all of those old HDDs that are gathering dust.

Minnesota Trip: Picture Gallery

Select photos from this trip have been posted here.

Location: Duluth and the North Shore of Lake Superior, with a side trip to the International Wolf Center to avoid the rain.

I'll add a link for this gallery to my map soon.