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Open Street Map for Cyclers
I’m looking periodically into this site: OpenCycleMap . I’m just interested, whether there’s a new GPS-track I can use for a trip. I’m also playing with the thought to cache some data to and provide...
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Stuttgart by Bicycle
Navigating with GPS and a bike in the Stuttgart area? No problem anymore: VVS Fahrradroutenplaner I’m just impressed! I’ve been using this many times now. And in combination with Google Earth, it’s...
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GPS Bicycle Navigation with free Software
More than I year ago I’ve started to cycle for the first time after a very long period of time (decades ). Those days I didn’t know my surrounding area very well, because I was pretty new to it. But I...
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KOGAN AGORA MOBILE PHONE FEATURING ANDROID ™ – The iPhone killer?
Saw yesterday pictures of an upcoming mobile phone with Android. And read and saw amazed the specs and pictures of this device. Especially the prize took me by surprise. $299 Australian Dollar. The new...
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Google Earth 4.3 (Beta) crashes on Linux (Problem solved by workaround)
Perform these three lines, if it still doesn’t work, read the workaround described below: cd ~/.googleearth wget http://mymediasystem.net/wp/2009/01/libGL.so.1.2 googleearth If it crashes again, you...
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One year Open Street Map in an amazing clip
Anders just told me to look at this great video about the Open Street Map project. http://vimeo.com/2598878 It’s very impressive! It’s showing the development of the OSM project on a rotating globe...
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New GoogleMaps not for Windows Mobile 2003
GoogleMaps version 3.0 and higher won’t install onto Windows Mobile 2003 any longer. And that’s a pity, since the old devices like e.g. the HTC magician is a good companion for cycling. The statement,...
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Face Recognition for Linux with Picasa 3.5 and Wine
Face Recognition for Linux haven’t been available on Linux yet. Sure – there are some ready-to-use libs, but that’s interesting for developers only. When it came to ready-to-use applications, you only...
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Nvidia 3D Vision – Missing Application Support
[Update] Google Earth is now supported by Nvidia 3D Vision [/Update] Nvidia’s 3D Vision shutter glasses are awesome, no doubt about it, BUT… I’ve managed to control my negative emotions regarding the...
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