Live Tracker

You can follow me from a piece of software called Mapprogress. 

Click on the link below.

 so you can see my progress. 

Clink here for link to live tracker

.Note that the track shown is not exactly the route the tour company I am going with are taking, however Mapprogress had a GPX file obviously of a LEJOG route that they had access too and kindly loaded that on to my file . Don't be alarmed therefore if my position a little ways of the red line. !

My position will be clearly shown as I am the only one using this software. 

It won't show until I start the tracker  and the start time below has counted down to the start and start time has  passed, so should be when you wake up in NZ on the 3 June if all goes to plan  you will see my dot and track from the start at 10 am that day in the UK, UK time.

You can scroll into the map part of the make the screen more or less detailed. Also you can see the elevation and where in distance wise I am on the tour from the bottom scale in the elevation map. As I said the route map  in red is not quite like route we are doing so not quite the same.

Double click The  hyperlink above will take you to an online map where you will see a red flashing light or my name or my initials. 

My tracker sends out a new signal every 5 minutes so you can see if I am slacking.

Until the start on Monday 3 June 2024 it will shown me at start position at Lands end.

 If you have a big enough display screen, like a large iPad or computer you will also see an elevation map that relates to the map area you are displaying. 

Zooming in on the map also zooms in the elevation map for more detail elevation views. 

As you see Cornwall and Scotland have loads of hills (not mountains) but England apart from national parks is pretty undulating to flat in comparison to NZ.

You will arrive at page that looks a little like the photo below which is from a previous tour I have done. Click on the yellow icon with my name or initials for my Rider Profile details.

 

This mapping software is best viewed on a desktop but you can follow on your phone /Ipad as well. If you struggle with software let me know and I may be able to help as I get to understand it better myself as the tour starts. It is really clever software and can show a lot of detail if wanted. it can show distances travelled, photos I post. Use two fingers to zero in where on the map you want to look , use fingers to zoom in or out.

Although my  spotgen4 tracker devise sends a pulse every 5 minutes to satellites. It can takes a little time to show on map so not quite real time signal but pretty close. At times, like when under under tree cover, the signal won’t get thru. The tracker has an SOS function if required and I can send a couple of preset messages to family letting them that I am safe , or going to special place or indeed do need some help but not rescue helicopter stuff. The SOS function sets the whole national rescue process alight, so hope I aren’t setting that off 😀, you may hear about if it do.