Having a comfortable seat and plenty of riding fitness helps. I normally ride longer days in summer, getting on the bike by 8am and off around 6pm. Q: How long does it take, and what are the challenges? I take my wife along for some of the rides but she tells me it's a bit like going on holiday with a photographer! Waypointing, photographing and taking notes, repeat, repeat, and repeat again and again. A mapping ride is like no other! There's no speeding around corners as I need to capture good data and little time for breaks. Then I get out there riding, turning on three GPS units, checking they're recording at one-second intervals and then making sure I'm familiar with the places I need to visit along the way. Gary: There's quite a bit of prep, picking good weather (for photos and reducing GPS reflection error), making sure all the batteries are charged and spares are packed just in case. More recently I walked all the Great Walks and most of the private tracks and built the Great Hikes App which is also becoming popular. It took half a year to ride all the trails and another six months to build the content for the app.
This, and getting disorientated when riding the Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail (never good for a cartographer!), lead to the idea of building an app for the New Zealand Cycle Trail. I used to work for DOC as a huts and tracks project manager, and was part of the NZ Trail Solutions team hand-building and mapping trails in several countries around the world, including Nelson's Wairoa Gorge for many years. Gary: I'm a cartographer, so mapping is something I've always done. We chatted with Gary recently to find out more about his wonderful work on the Great Rides: Find out more about the Great Rides App here. If you've already downloaded it, check your updates to make sure you have the latest version. The beautifully upgraded Great Rides App.
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