Any other map perverts on here?

[Paul the 6th]

Honestly, some days I could just spend several hours clicking through google maps..

My new thing is getting the pull-out mountain bike route maps from MBUK/MBR magazine (usually powered by memory map or garmin) and then checking out the routes on google maps with the terrain satellite imagery enabled so I can suss out where the route goes on the various paths.

Just about to put together a route for tomorra's shenanigans on the north york moors..

Just wondered if there's anyone else on here who gets excited at the prospect of sifting through maps?

[pookie]

only if theres gold to be had...but I recently had a go on google street view to visualized a possible cycle route to work

[Brettus]

Yup, as sad as it is I can spend quite a while browsing maps and familiarising myself. if I have to go anywhere I usually view the route on the map, streetview in to each major junction and by the time I actually go there I drive/ride as if I'm a local. Knowing what I'm looking for at each turn.

Surprisingly I have little time for google earth, whilst the 3d interactive terrain option is nice last time I looked it didn't have the nice simple maps and streetview that I really like.

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

MapsGL on google chrome is quite neat, makes dropping to streetview a little more seamless.

[Owenski]

If it wasnt for google maps you'd be the kind of people who built match stick empires.

[DMC]

Got a few well soiled maps under my bed ;)

[Paul the 6th]

Nah I'd build a fully working miniature V8 engine... The first one in the worl.... ah shiit.

[Paul the 6th]

Got a few well soiled maps under my bed ;)

Ooooosh David, you norty boi.

Any good ones for Yorkshire Dales/North York Moors? You keeping well buddy?

[metalangel]

I love looking at maps of all kinds - roadmaps, maritime navigation maps, the railway track diagrams we use at work.

I think it stems from when I was a kid reading tourist maps of states and provinces to look at the different roadsigns, and when I'd exhausted that I'd move on to the map. (hey, it kept me entertained in the back seat)

[Sir Trev]

Yup, as sad as it is I can spend quite a while browsing maps and familiarising myself. if I have to go anywhere I usually view the route on the map, streetview in to each major junction and by the time I actually go there I drive/ride as if I'm a local. Knowing what I'm looking for at each turn.



This.

I also use the satelite view on Google maps a lot. Got a very interesting book for Chrimbo about cycle/footpaths that used to be railways and it's amazing how many can still be followed fifty years after Dr Beeching wielded his axe.

[DMC]

Ooooosh David, you norty boi.

Any good ones for Yorkshire Dales/North York Moors? You keeping well buddy?

Im keeping well old buddy, old pal. You?

Have a look on 'Garmin Connect', its a Database of routes people have uploaded. There's a few on there for the Yorky Moors ;)

[Brettus]

This.

http://www.brettnet.co.uk/temp/zoidberg-relevant.gif

[Sudoxe]

Are you addicted to internet cartography? :rolleyes:

[Sid Squid]

Yes, and the print variety too.

Paul - you're not alone, I love maps, I have maps, lots of them, I even have books about maps and map making.

This is in no way sad and anorak-ey at all, oh no, not me, uh uh.

[MattCollins]

Openstreetmap...

[Biker Biggles]

I like real maps and charts,but have no interest in the web versions.
Mind you I still use paper maps to find my way around too so Im just a dinosaur.

[-Ralph-]

Yep, love maps & researching routes, both on and off road. Have several mapping applications on my smartphone.

[Sir Trev]

Have now got about 20% of the UK on nice folding OS maps. We buy them whenever we go places on holiday and as Lady Poppy hates flying (hurts her sinus really badly) we tend to explore bits of the UK we've not been to before. Love poring over them making lists of insteresting looking places to go on day trips from our holiday base. Much easier to look at in my opinion than a screen or satnav.

[Bri w]

Love maps. I spend hours looking at maps, and have done since I was a kid. Even read up on ye olde map makers like Mercator, who created Mercator's projection, i.e. how to 'roll out' a ball on a flat piece of paper... yep, I'm an anorak with maps...

[tigersaw]

Me too. I Invented sat navs back in the early 70's. Except they didn't use satellites, just a paper map with a light bulb behind and an etch o sketch drive type mechanism.
Now I've got radars to play with too, which are similar but someone else moves the dots.

[SIII]

Have just found the 3D> button on google maps! Brilliant!:smt081

Typed in my route for this weekend and accidently clicked the little magic button, best 5 minutes of my day watching the wee cursor fly around my route with me following in the air! Love it. 3D ariel view is excellent.

I'm off to do Skye bridge to Durness:riding: from my desk.

[Paul the 6th]

where's the 3d button ron? :)

[-Ralph-]

Have just found the 3D> button on google maps! Brilliant!:smt081

Typed in my route for this weekend and accidently clicked the little magic button, best 5 minutes of my day watching the wee cursor fly around my route with me following in the air! Love it. 3D ariel view is excellent.

I'm off to do Skye bridge to Durness:riding: from my desk.

Yep, not really realistic in terms of speed etc (travels about 500mph and doesn't slow down for 90 degree bends), but it is good to see what twists, turns and elevations your route is going to take, better than you can see it on a 2D map.

[-Ralph-]

where's the 3d button ron? :)

Install the google earth plug-in and it should appear

[Bibio]

yes

[SIII]

Guess that the google earth plug in is already installed at work.

Was just going to say next to the driving directions heading on the left panel, where the driving directions are!!!!

Not sure if I have that wee button at home? will have to go see and if not look for google earth plug in?

(Got home - had to install google earth plug-in!, works now)

[Bibio]

if the 3d worked at road level that would be cooool