start pedaling

I'm going to use this blog for my cycling activities. In part, it is intended as a cycling journal. More interesting for others, however, is my intention to start creating maps of Austin urban cycling routes. I experimented with the mapping aspect a little the other day. My initial mechanism will be to capture images of google maps and draw over them, marking up the route and adding comments regarding specifics. However, as I go forward, I am interested in using this as an excuse to learn the mapping API and combining that with data from a mobile GPS unit. We'll see...