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04-15-08, 09:11 AM
Follow cycling trips LIVE on the Internet
From now on the website www.ttsm.com (http://www.ttsm.com) makes it possible to follow cycling trips LIVE on the Internet, with GPS and a mobile phone. A recreational cycle trip, an organized cycle ride or a cycling holiday can be followed LIVE on satellite pictures of Google Earth, or, for the first time, on 3-D satellite pictures of Microsoft Virtual Earth.
Add photo’s and watch back trips
Photos made with the photo camera of the mobile phone, will immediately be shown on the website and will be added on the exact location the photo was taken. You can also watch back your cycle route, including distance, speed and time statistics. Trips of other users can also simply been watched on a satellite map.
Example trip
Beneath you will find a link to a LIVE recorded cycling trip and a link to an Iframe on a weblog, to clarify the possibilities of the website:
www.ttsm.com/map.php5?t=4791 (http://www.ttsm.com/map.php5?t=4791)
www.runningronald.nl/index.php?itemid=923#more (http://www.runningronald.nl/index.php?itemid=923#more)
Free usage
Using the website is completely free. The only thing you need to make use of all of the functionalities of the website, is a mobile phone, GPS (already built-in in your mobile phone or with a separate Bluetooth GPS-receiver) and an Internet connection on your mobile phone. After creating a free account on the website, you can make use of all of the functionalities of the website. You can also upload tracks you logged with a GPS-device. That way you won’t be able to be followed LIVE, but you can watch back and analyze your trips afterwards. Except for cycling, the system is also suitable for other sport and recreational activities, such as running, walking or just the daily drive to work.
From now on the website www.ttsm.com (http://www.ttsm.com) makes it possible to follow cycling trips LIVE on the Internet, with GPS and a mobile phone. A recreational cycle trip, an organized cycle ride or a cycling holiday can be followed LIVE on satellite pictures of Google Earth, or, for the first time, on 3-D satellite pictures of Microsoft Virtual Earth.
Add photo’s and watch back trips
Photos made with the photo camera of the mobile phone, will immediately be shown on the website and will be added on the exact location the photo was taken. You can also watch back your cycle route, including distance, speed and time statistics. Trips of other users can also simply been watched on a satellite map.
Example trip
Beneath you will find a link to a LIVE recorded cycling trip and a link to an Iframe on a weblog, to clarify the possibilities of the website:
www.ttsm.com/map.php5?t=4791 (http://www.ttsm.com/map.php5?t=4791)
www.runningronald.nl/index.php?itemid=923#more (http://www.runningronald.nl/index.php?itemid=923#more)
Free usage
Using the website is completely free. The only thing you need to make use of all of the functionalities of the website, is a mobile phone, GPS (already built-in in your mobile phone or with a separate Bluetooth GPS-receiver) and an Internet connection on your mobile phone. After creating a free account on the website, you can make use of all of the functionalities of the website. You can also upload tracks you logged with a GPS-device. That way you won’t be able to be followed LIVE, but you can watch back and analyze your trips afterwards. Except for cycling, the system is also suitable for other sport and recreational activities, such as running, walking or just the daily drive to work.