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    • CommentAuthorFree Membernaxo01
    • CommentTimeJul 16th 2008
     
    naxo01

    I am a new member-today.  I am also accessing ONLY thru dailup (not my choice!).  After registering, I embarked on mapping a 250 mile circumnavigation of Lake Champlain.  After 2 3/4 hrs of loading Google tiles, I started to chart my course.  Something that either I did or was done to me deleted all my work.  Shame on me!

     I have repeatedly tried to "Map New Ride" and am foiled by "Mapping Tool cannot Load" messages.  "Adjust your browser settings" I am told.  I use the recommended browser Foxfire 2, not IE6 and my browser cache has 3 sites in it.  I have gone into Norton and eased all the Firewall gates with no success.  So I start following the Discussion Forum path (again please remember I am on at 36kbs) and there is nothing there.

    This concept is great, but the help offered (that which I have found) is really poor.  I knew as soon as I saw Google maps coming up that I was in trouble and would have to invest a lot of time for lack of any broad band connection, BUT why was I successful for a while , but can't access mapmyride again.  Have tried 8 times since the first success.  I have chased every hyperlink that I came upon, but nothing speaks to my problem and my Firewall is almost totally disabled.

     As the title says...HELP!!

     

     

    • CommentAuthorFree Membervwrabbit
    • CommentTimeJul 16th 2008
     
    vwrabbit

    Hello Naxo01 -

    I've got a tip that might help - www.bikely.com.   It's not my intent to be a complete nemisis to this MMR website, but seeing as how you are (were) also a new member & have gone thru the same things I have attempted the last few days I think you may want to consider this option, or try poking knitting needles in your eyes to relive the frustration.

    Save whatever gpx file you can salvage of your route (if it will let you do that - you may first need to purge all internet temp files so as to allow this dinosaur to function).   Load the gpx into your new bikley account & watch it pop up in an instant, ready for you to pile on even more information.

    Knock yourself out !

    • CommentAuthorFree MemberPeter-DG
    • CommentTimeJul 16th 2008
     
    Peter-DG
    Good luck with any mapping site using 30 kbps.  Most people use 3000 - that's 100 times faster.  Most of your wait time is loading maps from google.com and it's going to be the same load time no matter which mapping site you're using.  Bikely doesn't have "automatic notes" or topos.  For tricky bike routings the "satellite" images are indispensable (shows shoulders, traffic lights and connecting paths), but those would take hours to load with your phone modem.
    • CommentAuthorFree Membernaxo01
    • CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
     
    naxo01

    Thanks vwrabbit for your perspective!  Guess I am not the only one with the knitting needle holes.

     I'm an easy target, Peter-DG, but I am on a long dead-end phone line w/no cable and no shot at a satelite.  I'm not moving to an urban location just for the internet connection, especially with the housing slump in full swing.  Thanks for your info...I already knew all you mention.  

     

    Naxo01

     

    • CommentAuthorHero!!aea@mmf
    • CommentTimeJul 17th 2008
     
    aea@mmf

    Hello Naxo01

    As Peter-DG pretty much explained it's a connection speed issue, perhaps there's an internet cafe near your area that you can use for mapping?

    • CommentAuthorPremium Member!kevin@mmf
    • CommentTimeJul 18th 2008
     
    kevin@mmf

    Long Routes -- this has been an issue that our technical team here has been working really hard at solving for you cyclists (and crazy ultra marathoners!)

    Here's the low-down: For a 100mi route, you may have 1,000-5,000 way points.  If you are using follow roads, that number may be 50,000 to 150,000 way points (ie, think about a Tour de France stage in the Alps) -- Bikely is nice because it doesn't do auto-routing so you have a minimum # of points => more performance, vs our system of auto-routing which is more accurate (and easier to use)

    All the mapping technology is client side -- so when you view this route, your browser has to iterate through all these data points, calculting location, drawing the polyline vectors, determine distance, and then determining dynmically where on the vector plots the distance markers should be. Needless to say this can become very cumbersome in terms of your memory, download times, etc.

    So... We're about to release a whole new way we do this that we hope will solve this issue.  I really appreciate everyone's patience with the matter as this has been truely a massive project for us.

    Cheers - Kevin

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