Re: Maps on CGOAB

There are two issues about maps on crazyguyonabike.com.

First is the authors.  Not every author cares about adding maps to their 
journal.  The current featured journal is a good example of one that is 
more about entertainment and emotion rather than a nuts-and-bolts tour 
guide.  At the other extreme are my 11 tour journals at 
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/w9ae.  They're made in a "tour guide" 
style that includes maps and other information useful to cyclists 
planning a tour route.

The second issue with CGOAB maps is the limited functionality of the map 
feature.  With no auto-route function it's very tedious to highlight a 
long winding route.  It also hard to show backtracking and it doesn't do 
multiple colors.  For the index page map on my Western Canada journal I 
created a map at RidewithGPS.com in order to show ferry routes in a 
different color. It even auto-routed the ferry route in Canada's Inside 
Passage!

Neil Gunton plans to improve the map function soon.  Hopefully he will 
add an autoroute function.  But you can't change the priorities of the 
authors.

Wayne Estes
Oakland, Oregon, USA