I came up with a good way to visualize boat speed data in Google Earth for Pete today. I was looking through the speed data from the first leg of the RBI, and noted that at one point Pete hit 18 knots. I thought that there must be some cool way to convey that info visually to people following the track.
I recalled something a saw where a pilot loaded is flight waypoints into GE, and used the altitude data to make a "3D fence" of his flight. I thought that something similar might work for sailboat racing, if I extended the numbers out enough.
So I multiplied Pete's speed by 1000, called that "altitude" and extruded the track line, switching colors to indicate speeds as well. The result is on the screen shot above. Pretty obvious where he lost wind for a bit...
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This is a screen shot from the SailBlogs feed from the Round Britain & Ireland Race, and the SailBlogs-sponsored Playing For Success skippered by Pete Goss. Positions are coming in every 30 minutes while racing (they're currently on the 48 hr. layover between legs).
At this point, it looks like Pete and Paul are thus far the only boat to make Kinsale and complete the first leg.
Please visit www.petegoss.com for more race info.
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May 1st, 2006
I just wanted to say thanks to Noel and Christy, the hosts and producers of the Furled Sails podcast ( http://www.furledsails.com/ ) for reading a blurb I sent them about the SailBlogs site.
I have been involved in the creation of a number of podcasts, and believe me to do them well is no easy feat. I think they are doing a great job, they are easy to listen to and have great interviews and information. I've been having fun going back and listening to their previous shows. One of the benefits of coming on board late is that i can listen to one show a day for the next couple of months to get caught up.
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further tests with video and the newton slideshow...
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