Plotting journeys on Google Earth
There is a feature in Google Earth that I was unaware of.
I discovered quite by chance that it is possible to download all the information in my Garmin SatNav onto the application.
As the SatNav retains a considerable backlog of journeys taken, I downloaded mine, which still contains a lot of the French trips. I now have a record of every single journey I made since the 20th of September, including start and end times, distance covered, speeds and more. Most importantly though is the track data, which displays precisely where I drove.
What is not apparent from the first image is the level of detail.
This is the track from the 22nd, which is the day we went to Domme. That loop through the woods is not a tracking error – the road has to climb around 300ft up a cliff.
My one regret is that I didn’t discover this feature a long time ago.
You cunningly do not reveal the end of the line!
There are a lot of lines there, Ian. What end are you looking for?
The location of the house!
Now you can upload your tracks to openstreetmap.org and update your local (or not sot local) maps!
Welcome 5h4mr0(k. In all my travels, I haven’t come across OpenStreetMap before. Looks very interesting (and slow)! Thanks.
Ian: Which house? The one we stayed in?
I wrote, ‘indeed’ and the website said my comment was too short.
It must have considered you to be a spammer!
There is no secret about where I was staying. If you want to find it, it was at
44°50’18.04″N 1° 7’47.15″E
😉
That appears to be the middle of the D 703 – surely you didn’t make Herself sleep in the car?
Very strange. No matter how I tweak the numbers, it misses the house. 150m WSW of that spot.
Those canny French people have obviously devised some missile defence system, ensuring that whatever co-ordinates are programmed into a missile the only damage is a hole in a country road, causing no more harm than a ten minute delay in the delivery of the morning baguettes
I actually saw a Google camera come down our street the other day. I guess they’re updating street view.
Hiya Baino! I trust you wore your best bib and tucker? I doubt I’ll ever see them up here. I don’t think they plan to photograph sheep.