![]() We will add information to this article as we get more feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, please email the Activities Director. These can be attached to rides to match the RideWithGPS web links.įeedback and further suggestions appreciated Labels (left/right directions, food, etc.)Īs of July 2013, this is the format that the Activities Director is using for generating cue sheets when members ask for them. Suggestion: Change the cue sheet printing format to match what you want and expectīased on conversations with longtime NVP members, my understanding is that the preferred cue sheet format is as follows:ĭistance from Start (cumulative distance) On the Overview tab, click on Print Map + Cue PDF. When you map your ride on RideWithGPS, you need to save the ride first before printing the cue sheet.Ĭlick Print PDF on the Cue Sheet menu on the left of the screen, or If RideWithGPS generates route points that veer off on lateral- or side roads, see Rule 1 above to fix this. You can do this by clicking on a cue sheet entry on the left side, then clicking the “DELETE” button in the cue item dialog that pops up. You might want to delete one or more of the cue sheet turns and consolidate them if it would be clearer to the riders. If RideWithGPS generates multiple close points where several roads converge, or there are a quick series of turns, make sure the road names are right. This is also a good way to add water/food stops to the cue sheet. When done adding points, you can return to the normal editing mode (Follow Roads). I sometimes do this for dangerous intersections or points requiring caution. If there are key intersections or points that are missing, you can click on the “ADD TO CUESHEET” link on the right side, then click on the point on the route that you want to note. You can change the names of the road intersection, if necessary, as well as the explanatory text. mar In the map and cue sheet display, I click on every cue sheet turn, check the accuracy of the turn information, and, if necessary, I will edit the text. This means that you must check every turn on the cue sheets and be prepared to edit them to make them accurate. This largely stems from the quality of the underlying street map data that RideWithGPS uses (Google Maps). The most notable problem is with the cue sheets. ![]() Rule 2: Don’t assume the cue sheets are right: check every turn and be prepared to edit themĪlthough RideWithGPS (and the other ride-mapping sites) is a fantastic resource, there are inevitable problems. But you will check, because you will observe Rule 2 below. This will cause RideWithGPS to regenerate the cue sheet, and your problem should be be fixed. Move the offending point off the side road, back on to the main road. This is not good for the general morale of the riders who unintentionally get diverted.īecause you assiduously observe Rule 2 below to check every turn in the cue sheet, you will catch these types of this mistakes. This can lead to routes that unintentionally veer off onto an adjacent road for a few tens or hundreds of meters, double back, and return to the intended route. This can be easy to do depending on the zoom level at which you are mapping and accuracy of the computer pointing device. One gotcha for online mapping occurs if you are mapping a route and click at the intersection of two roads. Rule 1: Don’t map route points at road intersections RideWithGPS is nice in that it allows you to map rides, share links to those rides (for example on the NVP calendar), generate route files that can be downloaded to cycling GPS units, and generate the turn-by-turn cue sheets.ĭefinitive information for mapping rides and editing cue sheets can be found on the RideWithGPS help pages. For the last few years, NVP has been using RideWithGPS to create our calendar rides and to capture “classic” NVP rides so that we can reuse them. There are several services that are popular (e.g., MapMyRide, Strava, and RideWithGPS). The online mapping services for bike rides have proven to be a fantastic resource for creating and sharing routes, as well as logging your cycling activity (for the Obsessive Self-Quantifiers). This article hopes to accumulate some of the collective wisdom of the NVP group on how to use RideWithGPS for our club rides. There are some gotcha’s that people experience with RideWithGPS, especially in the details of generating and printing accurate and useful routes and cue sheets.
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