Ride the City: Bike Routing

Routing and directions has been around for quite some time now for personal vehicles. Google Transit and HopStop brought us routing for public transit systems.

The latest development in routing information systems is Ride the City brought to you by NYU Urban Planning Grad Students. Ride the City routes bikers through NYC's bike paths, onstreet marked lanes and old fashioned riding in the traffic routing with options for safety of the route. Check it out below:

Finder! and Maker! demo of Westchester County, GPS Art & TripTrop NYC

Off the Map has a demo on using Finder! and Maker! to select a place to live in Westchester County.

And the NY Times published an article on people who trace images while running with a GPS to create aerial art.

And triptrop makes a thematic map of time-weighted distances from your location in New York City.

Tomato Harvest

This morning I harvested a bike helmet full of tomatoes, peppers and herbs from my plot in Mickel's Garden. I lost about another helmet's full due to rot or blight (I might blame myself for just not picking them fast enough). Tomato blight has hit the northeast. The NY Times reports on Tomato Blight. To learn more about plant pathogens check out Cornell's Vegetable MD.

All Points West Reviews

Couldn't go myself but the rain didn't stop some folks form enjoying Liberty State Park and some music.

Check out the All Points West Recap.