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A little fun with my GPS and a GoPro camera

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:28:08 GMT

A friend and I collected some GPS tracking data and videos when we were out in Utah earlier this year. I thought it would be fun to synchronize them together in an interactive virtual globe as a little side project. The result ended up being pretty cool, so I figured I'd share it. Hope you guys like it.

It's still a little rough around the edges so my apologies for any bugs/crashes you might find.
It also only runs in Google Chrome browser at the moment.
http://cesium.agi.com/powdertracks/

Re:A little fun with my GPS and a GoPro camera

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:56:13 GMT

Never knew anything like this could be done. It is interesting to see the cam view and tracking together but if its possible i think it would be better to see the cam view as the full screen and the tracking as the small screen. i can see possibilities for the tracking view to be part of a holiday video but only so its on screen for a few seconds to show the actual run which that part of the video is about.
Another use i could see this being of great value would be for a library of these clips for a ski area showing off piste routes. would be great for someone new to the area to be able to review the clips knowing what is a good route and that it is within their ability level and where they need to be to ski that route.
Did you use a contour to film this?

Re:A little fun with my GPS and a GoPro camera

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:00:27 GMT

Thanks. That's some really good feedback. I'll probably play with some of those ideas. We used a GoPro hero3 for the videos. Unfortunately we didn't have the camera aimed very well. When I stabilized the videos the edges got cropped a little. I would have liked to have the camera pointing up a little bit more. Guess that's for next season.