Google Earth kicks ass

May 28, 2007 | Filed Under Mapping | Leave a Comment 

I went for a bike ride today in Boulder. Boulder is really a beautiful place. I love how you can just walk out your door and have tons of different things to do, whether run along the creek, play basketball outside, or get on a bike and be in the mountains within minutes. Then of course, there’s the places to go out at night, lots of options within walking distance. Anyway, I was playing around with Google Earth tonight, checking out the route I took. I used a separate site called walkjogrun to trace the actual route out but then wanted to look at the area in 3D using Google Earth. I was able to get the view just right and take a picture like the one below. The navigation within the program is simple enough but I just wish it were even more natural feeling – that would really give it the sense of being a fluid and interactive environment. Google has definitely improved on the easy of use from what the Keyhole folks had originally done, but I still think they could go a little further. It’s almost too simple now and lacks some of the nerdiness of the older versions. Anyway, cool shot below:

Sand Dunes National Monument

May 17, 2007 | Filed Under Photo | 2 Comments 

I wanted to try out some of the new video sharing sites. I tried Vimeo but the upload crashed on me during a 107MB upload. Veoh worked better so I’m including the videos below. I took these while I was visiting the Great Sand Dunes National Park near the Sangre De Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountains in Southern Colorado. I was there the week before I started Techstars. It’s one of the most amazing places I’ve seen.

Online Videos by Veoh.comUpdated July 5th, 2007: The Vimeo site was apparently having some problems. I just went and tried it again and the upload worked great. Here’s the second video, this time using Vimeo.
Sand Dunes from Alan on Vimeo.

Sand Dunes 3 from Alan on Vimeo.