Rally Navigation Roadbook Creation

[Motorfiets]

[TheDualDog]

I brought up the discussion in the D-37 Dual Sport forum if participants would be interested in the 6" Rally format over the standard 2.25" format and even suggested a 4" roll. The response was negative.

Participants argued the need for the expensive and wide boxes took up too much valuable dash space and that GPS was heading towards the new medium of communication. I countered that GPS will never rule the organized event and visuals will always be desired. Nor should one be offered exclusively. Nor should one be used exclusively.

Your chart program would be most desired by me and in my events and want to cater to the crowd that utilize them in both DS and AdvBike events. As an experienced ralliest, charts provided the needed visuals in advance for the next 2-3 turns and GPS would be for backup and correcting navigation.

The challenge is getting enthusiasts up to speed in purchasing the wide-format boxes and whether the organizer will go through the trouble of providing the various formats. That is an easy task for me with over 100 event charts to my experience and can even provide the 6" format in a continuous roll as done in the 2.25" DS charts. (I hate taping up books).

[Seth S]

Originally Posted by TheDualDog

I brought up the discussion in the D-37 Dual Sport forum if participants would be interested in the 6" Rally format over the standard 2.25" format and even suggested a 4" roll. The response was negative.

Participants argued the need for the expensive and wide boxes took up too much valuable dash space and that GPS was heading towards the new medium of communication. I countered that GPS will never rule the organized event and visuals will always be desired. Nor should one be offered exclusively. Nor should one be used exclusively.

Your chart program would be most desired by me and in my events and want to cater to the crowd that utilize them in both DS and AdvBike events. As an experienced ralliest, charts provided the needed visuals in advance for the next 2-3 turns and GPS would be for backup and correcting navigation.

The challenge is getting enthusiasts up to speed in purchasing the wide-format boxes and whether the organizer will go through the trouble of providing the various formats. That is an easy task for me with over 100 event charts to my experience and can even provide the 6" format in a continuous roll as done in the 2.25" DS charts. (I hate taping up books).

For general dual sport riding the smaller roll chart holders work fine and to be honest a large roadbook holder is just going to get torn off the bike or smashed at some point. The large format will mostly be a rally and rally training tool.

[wrk2surf]

making one now and trying to save it.. how do I change tulips I can see they are slightly editable or also add signs or speeds ? The text is easy!

[RenoMoto]

Check out the screen capture video - its a quick tutorial.

[Myway]

IE 9 know problem nothing to draw in the box

[DaveRMS]

Greetings from Lima, Perú. #dakar

Just a request for the beta testers... Please use the User Voice feedback widget that appears on the RN site to report problems. Or email Mike. We can keep better track that way and make sure issues get addressed.

Thanks,
Dave

[wrk2surf]

An I pad app...

http://appiola.com/app/9hC9L/tulip-r...ditor-for.html


then we have ol Don

http://www.donbarrow.co.uk/tulip_roa...s_editors.html

[7575KK]

I see that you have made good job with Rally Navigator.

For me there is little problem.
It's WEB based and you cannot use it in the "middle of nowhere" ;)

Next two months I will spend much of time scouting and preparing Road-book in the field and there is no Internet connection available.
During day scouting and at evening writing it all down in "electronic" road-book form.

Otherwise one needs to scout and collect all data and then when finish all scouting go home and with Internet connection and work on road-book.
So, "double" time is spent.

Once again I think that Rally Navigator idea is excellent and I see that really good job is done.
.. but practical problem still exist.

KK

[LKN4DRT]

Wouldn't it be more fun to ride the route the first time with a road book you were proofing? Route selection could be done on GE with alternates for questionable areas on gps. Am I missing something? I think you spend more time riding the same route twice and going down a lot of dead ends.

[HogWild]

Originally Posted by LKN4DRT

Wouldn't it be more fun to ride the route the first time with a road book you were proofing? Route selection could be done on GE with alternates for questionable areas on gps. Am I missing something? I think you spend more time riding the same route twice and going down a lot of dead ends.

That's from the EXPERT in having fun while prerunning new rally routes...

[wrk2surf]

Tripy Gps has a great way of making roadbooks while riding the route.. you record it then use the road tracer software to make the roadbook once that is done you can print the hard copy out and give to your friends with a reader!

Beware though they have not introduced a USA base map