Running = Good.

Running + Smartphone GPS Running Apps = Better

Mike Olkin,GIS Guy & Runner

Runner in the Rain: http://dbeckerman.wordpress.com/

http://www.wmexperts.com/articles/editorials/smartphones_and_identity_you_a.html

I like to run.

Running is Spatial.

That was virtually irrelevant to me…until recently.

Photo by Jim Plumb @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/67864216@N00/316074944/Caveman Lawyer Runner

I’m not a high-tech

runner

I never used tobother

keeping arunning log

I had some challenges, too

*I would occasionally digitize a route, but rarely had time for that.

http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sect15/originals/Fig15_19.jpghttp://images.dailyme.com/assets/2009091000000571.jpg

June, 2009: I got an iPhone.

Got an armband soon after so I could run & listen to ‘tunes, This American Life, etc…

*home-crafted ear buds that don’t pop out of my ears when I run!

I soon discovered some apps that map my route

My Favorites

…and they do a whole lot more

Mike, you’re going slower than usual today. Go home now & get your

kids onto the school bus. I’ll post this sorry

excuse for a run to Facebook & keep a

permanent record of it.

Props to the creators of these apps

The interfaces

Typical accuracy level

GeneralizedCorner

Otherwise, the lines are usually straight & are even on the proper side of the street.

What have I learned?

Becoming a human penMy friend Leah commented on Facebook that she thought that this route looked like a bird

Naming the shape has since become a fun part of the morning routine.

“GPS Art” has actually been around for a while

This person is one of the more prolific GPS artists out there

Let’s play a game of “Name that Shape”

1 of 6

Name that Shape

2 of 6

Name that Shape

3 of 6

Name that Shape

4 of 6

Name that Shape

5 of 6

Name that Shape

6 of 6

Thanks for your time. See you on the road!

Mike Olkinmolkin@gmail.com@MikeOlkin on Twitter

Photo courtesy of sportsdesktopwallpaper.net