Pushed myself a little further on my run yesterday. Didn't realize how much further until I plotted my course on some sat imagery:
I marked Faiths approximate position with happy yellow star..

I've seen a number of folks track their running via gps wristwatches and then plot their course on a map. Needless to say I was very impressed and sought to do the same. I've been reading up on nifty little GPS watches as well as biometric monitors (heart rate, etc) and have decided that I like these toys and want them. However, in the meantime Im just gonna plot my course the old fashioned way. (and save $500 in the process. Or as I like to say: Profit!) I did this using some imagery gathered by USAPhotoMaps and Fireworks MX 2004
Here are my results so far:

Very cool. If I procrastinate long enough someone does my work for me.Excellent image viewer/online photo archive tool. You may expect to see this on my site soon.

Very cool. Im getting closer in finding some resources that will allow me to build a low power server which gathers telemetry from Faith and shares it online. Looks like these guys might be able to help.

GPS/GIS application development for the Pocket PC - Part 1 of 5

Wow. Great sensor data (GPS to pocketPC)

Sensor Projects:

I like the collection of data.

Purpose: gather data from various sensors. record data for trend analysis. make data available online.

Sources of data:

wind speed
wind direction
indoor temperature
outdoor temperature
water temperature
water depth
water current (speed? direction?)
wave action (frequency? height?)
barometric pressure
motion detection
battery volts
amp hours
solar panel output

required tools:

weather monitor station
battery monitor
computer to record data

share data:
upload data to external server OR low power on board server

sites of interest:
http://solarpc.com/
http://www.peetbros.com