Walking just became a Geek’s Sport
Well my mobile phone is fixed, and it was returned to me with update firmware and stuff.
Within ’stuff’ was the updated version of Nokia Sports Tracker. This application uses the inbuilt GPS receiver in my Nokia N95 to record a sporting activity.
After selecting an activity such as ‘Walking’ or ‘Running’ it will then begin to track your movements, recording your location (including altitude) and current speed.
The service is then expanded with the ability to send the finished activity to Google Earth (as a *.KML) or to Nokia Sports Tracker Website (BETA : sportstracker.nokia.com). This can be seen in the following example;
Walking from Dawlish Warren to Dawlish (to the car!!)
Three friends and I walked from Dawlish to Dawlish Warren, and then back again; A nice walk in the nice weather.
Using my mobile phone I recorded the return trip using the Sports Tracker; The walk can be viewed here: http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=220376, or you can download the Google Earth location data here: 01_06_2008_5_32_pm.kml
This feature just got better - it can identify pictures taken during the journey and place them on the map too. Point your browser to this address to see more:
http://sportstracker.nokia.com/nts/workoutdetail/index.do?id=221985
Bye Y’all
Comment by clokey2k — June 3, 2008 @ 10:41 pm