When you pause for oxygen to take photos it stops the clock so it just measures your riding time.

At the end you tap the Stop button.

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When you tap the Done button, the real fun starts…

It emails you 2 links.

The first link is to a map with your route drawn on…

The second link is a Google Earth File (KML) that downloads the Google Earth-compatible track of your route.

This is awesome – you can fly over the terrain seeing a 3-D view of your route. This screenshot is only half the story – the excitement is dynamically moving the scenery around.

 

The app is the Cyclemeter from Abvio.com.
 

My first project with QR codes.

It’s a very promising technology and it’s huge in Japan – driven there by smart phones that can read them.

I’ve done many projects using the old-style picket-fence barcodes. Printing barcodes on letters, envelopes, pallet labels, work tickets, sticky labels. And scanning them in warehouse and retail applications.

QR codes may have an even brighter future if and when the readers become ubiquitous (like in Japan) and then all kinds of novel uses will magically appear.