Simon’s Blog

I participated in Bike DC yesterday. It is an annual event where roads are closed to allow cyclists to ride past the White House, across the Key Bridge, and into Arlington.  And of course I tracked my path with my iPhone.  There were thick clouds overhead so the path didn’t come out very well, but when I hit the highway suddenly I was polling data points every few seconds.  I would guess this is because there were no buildings around.

[Link to the GPS data on Google Maps]

We have completed editing the video we shot in Colorado.  We also used Google Earth to create some 3D renders.  Outputting a working video from Google Earth turned out to be extremely difficult, as Google Earth produces very large and incompatible video files.

Mountain Biking

Mountain Hiking

We are heading to the trail. I will come back with awesome footage if I don’t hit a low branch.

Success!  I shot 15 minutes of motion jpeg on my Canon Powershot before the 2GB card was full.

This video was uploaded to youtube with Verizon’s 3G network while driving back from the trail. Thank you Verizon for having such a kickass 3G network. I have had no AT&T 3G service in Colorado since I left the airport. The video is slanted because the weight of the camera caused my helmet to tilt to the side.