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Steveee Lifetime Member
Joined: Dec 16, 2003 Posts: 203 Location: Colchester, Essex
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:42 am Post subject: Skiing GPS? |
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I haev recently sen the Ski-Nav package for hire in Morzine. Unfortunately this only covers Morzine and is hire only at €60 per week.
Does anyone know of any GPA application that supports navigation on ski slopes? I haev an iPaq 3850 and Navman 3450 with 128Mb CF and 128b SD cards.
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lbendlin Pocket GPS Staff
Joined: 02/11/2002 22:41:59 Posts: 11878 Location: Massachusetts, USA
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 1:51 am Post subject: |
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Any decent offroad (topographical) GPS package should be suitable to be used on ski slopes. You will have to buy topographical map packages, or you can scan your own paper maps and calibrate them for use with OziExplorer for example.
Just don't expect to do speed and distance calculations and stuff - GPS only shows horizontal speed and none of the programs takes your (rapid) descent into account when calculating distances. _________________ Lutz
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Steveee Lifetime Member
Joined: Dec 16, 2003 Posts: 203 Location: Colchester, Essex
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for that.
Realistically I will have to wait for the commercial ski-nav product to be available.
It's unlikely that topographic maps will hold the ski-run information (names of runs, level of difficulty etc) as the run only exist for 4-5 months per year. Piste maps are drawn in perspective, http://www.ski-lesarcs.com/infoski/Plan1.jpg not flat, i.e. represent a 3d map rather than a 2d map. That would make them unusable for a GPS system.
Thanks
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SJ Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 16, 2004 Posts: 11 Location: London
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Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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This would work:
■ Buy the appropriate 1:25,000 map. Eg. IGN Top 25 for France - http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=462&lng_id=EN
■ Scan the appropriate area
■ Calibrate the above in Oziexplorer
■ Ski each run, using traditional navigation methods (map, signs and piste markers) with a handheld GPS such as a Garmin or Magellan.
■ Upload the tracks to Oziexplorer
■ Add the runs, and any other required data, to the scan image in 2 above
■ Convert to OziCE and upload to an iPaq and use with a BT GPS
■ Go skiing, and keep stopping at the edge of the piste to look at your iPAQ
I think I'd rather spend my time skiing,
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Steveee Lifetime Member
Joined: Dec 16, 2003 Posts: 203 Location: Colchester, Essex
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Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:37 am Post subject: |
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So would I! :D |
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igurevich38 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 44 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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You can download maps of slopes here:
http://www.skimaps.com/
and then calibrate them yourself. Some are already calibrated. |
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igurevich38 Occasional Visitor
Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 44 Location: USA
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2004 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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One more note.
The slope maps on skimaps.com are 3D, so to really calibrate them you will have to mess with some elevation projection. I have never done that so it may get messy. But sounds really interesting. |
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Fraserp Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 297 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:19 am Post subject: |
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Is this still available? Do we have another product anywhere?
The ski-nav web site is out of date and appears inactive. _________________ Fraserp
TomTom 1000
GPSmap 60CSx
SatMap
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Fraserp Lifetime Member
Joined: Jun 15, 2004 Posts: 297 Location: Manchester, UK
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Now, available Satski
http://www.satski.com
Mobile maps, GPS units and a tracker\ logger device _________________ Fraserp
TomTom 1000
GPSmap 60CSx
SatMap
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