Today i tracked my route from my home to work and back.

All settings of my Iblue 747 are still the default ones.  When i opened the package yesterday i connected it to the charger and this morning before i left for work i turned it on to track my route to work. As you can see the track is pretty accurate and there aren't any weird locations on it. 

You can see the track here: http://maps.live.com/?v=2&cid=EF12210979E9F6B0!409

Next weekend i'll test it in combination with my digital camera so you can see pictures on the routes.

[update 07-08-2008 20:19]

I've saved the kml file to google and i've also added a picture from flickr to a kml file. I've saved both of them to a google map and this is the result:

Note that the image isn't really taken there it's just for test purposes :)

Geert van der Cruijsen

I ordered a GPS datalogger last sunday and today the mailman came by my house with the package :)

The datalogger i bought is the Iblue 747 to track my movements during my vacation so when I come back I'm able to add gps metadata to my pictures.

GPS metadata + pictures can give you really nice results in combination with google earth or Microsoft Live maps. I'll try to a testrun this weekend and will post the results afterwards on this blog.

ow btw the device isnt that big, the cd with the drivers is a 8 cm cd instead of the normal 15 cm one ;)

I'll take the datalogger with me to work tomorrow to see how accurate the device is when used inside a car.

The reason i chose for the IBlue 747 was because this device has the biggest buffer available (32MB), has a 21 hour operational time and can also be used as a gps mouse together with your pda/phone and navigation software.

Geert van der Cruijsen

Hooray!

2 days ago i submitted my last.fm player vista sidebar gadget to the official Last.fm site and today i received a mail that it's placed at the plugins on the last.fm website.

They gave me a 12 months subscription as a gift for my work :) Thanks Last.fm! My item is listed @ this link http://build.last.fm/item/426 or can be directly downloaded @ http://vdcruijsen.net/page/Windows-Vista-sidebar-gadget---Lastfm-Stream-player.aspx

Thanks again Last.fm and everyone who mailed me with suggestions and bugs which made developing so much easier.

Geert van der Cruijsen