July 1, 2010, 3:22 p.m.
I found this while musing about Google's bike maps. The video is shot by bikehugger. It is a simple demonstration of Google's bike maps. I was looking for way to improve my bike mapsweb app. When I found the video.
It isn't super special but it does show how and why users should report problems to Google when they encounter problems using the bike maps.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hFfP565JXk&hl=en_US&fs=1]
July 1, 2010, 3:22 p.m.
I found this while musing about Google's bike maps. The video is shot by bikehugger. It is a simple demonstration of Google's bike maps. I was looking for way to improve my bike mapsweb app. When I found the video.
It isn't super special but it does show how and why users should report problems to Google when they encounter problems using the bike maps.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hFfP565JXk&hl=en_US&fs=1]
July 1, 2010, 3:05 p.m.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5_NBSu7Lw&hl=en_US&fs=1]
I was doing a bit of reminiscing today about my journey into the internet beyond a passive consumer. Specifically I remembered the build-up to Google's release of their bike maps. I went hunting for the video to clear the cobwebs a bit.
The bike maps video isn't as good as some of their others, especialy the chrome speed test! I like it though because the addition of bike maps was huge for me.
My web app at ridefreebikemaps.com/map-creator got a huge boost in functionality from the update. Along with the benefits of having bike maps came several drawbacks as well: printing, way-point limits, map search, etc. It is the nature of things I suppose.
Well today's closing is inspired by the El Nino rain: Now is a good time to do all those boring projects before the sun comes out again!
July 1, 2010, 3:05 p.m.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN5_NBSu7Lw&hl=en_US&fs=1]
I was doing a bit of reminiscing today about my journey into the internet beyond a passive consumer. Specifically I remembered the build-up to Google's release of their bike maps. I went hunting for the video to clear the cobwebs a bit.
The bike maps video isn't as good as some of their others, especialy the chrome speed test! I like it though because the addition of bike maps was huge for me.
My web app at ridefreebikemaps.com/map-creator got a huge boost in functionality from the update. Along with the benefits of having bike maps came several drawbacks as well: printing, way-point limits, map search, etc. It is the nature of things I suppose.
Well today's closing is inspired by the El Nino rain: Now is a good time to do all those boring projects before the sun comes out again!
May 11, 2010, 2:14 p.m.
So over the past week I've rolled out some great improvements to HTTP://WWW.ridefreebikemaps.com. I've added a way for users to add routes to the database; I made a short script to display those routes with their name and description in a way that Google can index; and I wrote in an option which lets users create routes outside of the USA. Awesome!
I'm well on my way to creating an honest to god web 2.0 bike maps app. Every day I learn new ways to integrate my app with the existing web 2.0 apps. Everything I learn inspires me to create better features for the app itself. I think my next big project is going to be adding author pages to the site. Here's some of the ideas I've been thinking about:
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Author Pages
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Achievement Badges (x number of routes, long route, short route...)
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Share routes with facebook upon creation.
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Combine 'Members Only' and regular map creator.
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Image/description previews of routes.
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Browse routes via an interactive map (wow!)
On top of all that I've got to increase the traffic to my site. As it stands I get a good trickle from http://www.crazyguyonabike.com but I have to update the 'time stamp' on my link to keep it going. My roommate keeps telling me to start working some SEO magic but I don't know where to begin. Eh I think I'll just cross my fingers and hope somebody starts passing some serious stumbleupon/del.ici.ous/digg/facebook love on the site.
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