Recreational Cycling
I finished another mini project at work today. It turned out OK but I would have like to spend a little more time cleaning up the text and fleshing out my interactive map a little more. But hey, I did what I could. I’m happy I finally had a chance to play with UMapper. It’s a great program (included in my list of Top 5 fave sites for embeddable Flash components). It’s very simple to use and doesn’t require an API key to embed straight onto an HTML page.
I like doing these kinds of projects, especially when I have good content to work with. Thanks to Dave Middlecamp for the photos and for creating the SoundSlides project.
I was going to include a few more tips on mountain biking around SLO County (there are a lot of great trails here) but I ran out of time. Instead, here are a few good resources including a book on the topic by my buddy Brian Milne (that’s him on the cover).
The book covers some of the more popular trails including Cerro Alto (starts at the campground between Morro Bay and Atascadero), Blinn Ranch Trail (backside of Santa Margarita Lake accessible via the Pozo area), both sides of Cuesta Ridge and Cerro San Luis. Montaña de Oro also has some pretty good trails.
Mapping these trails on UMapper wasn’t that easy since the only way you can really map a hiking trail is on a GPS unit, according to Brian. I figured my way around this by using UMapper’s Polygon and Line tools. Instead of points and dialogue boxes, UMapper allows you to highlight a section of the map, or draw lines and circles to highlight an area.
Hey Dave,
Thanks for your comment. I got all caught up in the promotion that I forgot to add the link!
You can access it if you click on the Multimedia page.
Thanks!