My name is Ronald Spanjaards and I’m from the Netherlands. Together with some enthusiastic people we are busy with the development of a (permanent free) web application called www.ttsm.com
Trip Tracker SPORTSMATE (TTSM) is a free web application that offers its users the ability to analyze their sport or recreation activities. By means of the web application it is possible to see the taken routes on a map or on satellite pictures. It is even possible to 'fly' above your own route with the satellite pictures as background. When the user has taken pictures on his route, he or she is able to upload these pictures to his trip. The web application will do the rest by putting these pictures on the place were the pictures were taken. The user’s statistics can be analyzed by means of graphs of height, speed and heartbeat.
You only need a GPS-data logger to use our web application. All types of users can upload their data to the application. The possible functions for each type of user are among other things:
Recreation
- To see holidays again, watch trips on satellite pictures and maps.
- ‘Fly’ above your vacation and trips with the satellite pictures as background.
- Watch a slideshow of your own holiday pictures where at the same time the pictures are shown on the location where they were taken. When you'll make your own travel diary you can invite your friends to watch your trips.
- Invite friends and acquaintances to watch your vacations and trips.
- Keep up a travel log to inform your friends and family at home.
Recreation preparation
- It is possible to see trips, pictures, satellite pictures and read stories of the surroundings where people already have bin.
- Experience the same wonderful feeling by printing a beautiful trip!
Sport
- When using TTSM software/hardware watch training factors such as speed, distance, height, draw the taken route, etc.
- Compare different training results with each other and publish your results.
- Watch sport activities with the satellite pictures as background and ‘fly’ above it in real time with the play function.
- Share trainings results with other members of your sports club.
- The ability to live (in real time, with a delay of only one second) follow sportsmen (individual, in club association or during sport events).
Beneath you will find an example trip that shows the possibilities of the website and hopefully makes one and other more clear (a cycling trip with heartbeat and photos taken during the trip).
http://www.ttsm.com/tripview.php5?t=3422&to=map
Perhaps this web application can fulfill some of your needs. The website is still under construction and more functionalities and options will be add in the near future.
I hope that we can welcome you as a new member of our site. If you have any remarks or questions about this website, feel free to leave a message in this topic or (preferable) send an e-mail to Ronald@ttsm.com
Follow sport and recreational activities LIVE on the Internet
From now on the website www.ttsm.com makes it possible to follow sport and recreational activities LIVE on the Internet, with GPS and a mobile phone. A running trip, cycling route or a walk during your vacation can be followed LIVE on satellite pictures of Google Earth, or, for the first time, on 3-D satellite pictures of Microsoft Virtual Earth.
Add photos and watch back trips
Photos made with the photo camera of the mobile phone, will immediately be shown on the website and will be added on the exact location the photo was taken. You can also analyze your training results by means of hart rate, speed, distance, height and time statistics and watch back your activity. Trips of other users can also simply been watched on a satellite map.
Example trip
Beneath you will find a link to a LIVE recorded running trip and a link to an Iframe on a weblog, to clarify the possibilities of the website:
www.ttsm.com/map.php5?t=5911
www.runningronald.nl/index.php?itemid=923#more
Free usage
Using the website is completely free. The only thing you need to make use of all of the functionalities of the website, is a mobile phone, GPS (already built-in in your mobile phone or with a separate Bluetooth GPS-receiver) and an Internet connection on your mobile phone. After creating a free account on the website, you can make use of all of the functionalities of the website. You can also upload tracks you logged with a GPS-device. That way you won’t be able to be followed LIVE, but you can watch back and analyze your trips afterwards.
More information
If you want more information about the website or you have a question, you can leave a message in this topic or (for a quicker reaction) you can send an email to Ronald@ttsm.com
Ronald Spanjaards