Diary of Scott Morris

Diary of Scott Morris

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Archive for April, 2003

50 Year

Spent the morning putting tool to earth out by the 50 year trail. We were building two new sections of trail, including a link-in to the old Great Pumpkin race course. Of course, we’re only building singletrack that most would call ‘sweet’ (read easy). We had a few debates over sections being too hard for [...]

Make Me Squeal

Phoenix, the squealer. Unofficial time trial on National Trail from coast to coast. Little riding meant I was totally out of shape, both physically and technically. Still a blast to rock through these trails with a bunch of other good folks. Paula ran all over the place and took pictures of EVERYONE. Pics are here: [...]

Alpha Blended Maps

Here’s a sneak peak at the next update of TopoFusion: Topo and Aerial Map This will all be done on the fly (a slider bar will control how much influence each map type has). We’re setting it up to be as fast as possible, but in general the blending will be done on the fly. [...]

TMP

My chameleon sits waiting for pedals to be turned and wheels spun. Today I got out to Tucson Mountain Park for an incredible evening ride. I floundered on Tech Pass, both up and down; then flubbed up even easier sections. I was a bit too excited to be out on the trail, at long last. [...]

Modeling

At last, I’m able to run simulations using statistics from GPS tracks. It took quite a bit of code and some wrestling with the data, but it is working. We’re looking at the effect of basing trail decisions (which way to go when you get to an intersection) on your route history. Most models are [...]

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Scott
Tucson, AZ



Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes racer, sometimes GPS freak. I love to ride my bike, get out, see new things and push limits. More...


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