Declan’s Blog

Here’s a very cool video about KPBS and the fire map they created during the October 2007 wildfires:

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This NASA site has a great write up of the progression of the smoke as seen from space.

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/socal_wildfires_oct07.html

Here are a couple of images of the smoke starting to swirl back to us as the Westbound Santa Ana winds die off and the normal on shore winds kick back in:

This one from the NASA site above:

This one from The Weather Channel:

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My buddy Gabe made a neat fire progression animation:

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1738949137&size=o

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Wow, this guy has some amazing stuff. One example:

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http://xrl.us/7myq

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http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?uid=103857397835359262716&hl=en&gl=us&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=108433978883521424480.00043d307e160282349c1

Make sure to read the text to the left of the map.  There are 3 pages of houses, each showing a different map.

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From signonsandiego.com

Compare to 2003 fires:

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http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?uid=103734099241550080511&hl=en&gl=us&ptab=2&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=107592071260393044446.00043d12d7e7e7af51aaa&z=11&om=1

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I wanted to make a map of the ride that uses real GPS data and would work with just a web browser and not require Google Earth.

Check this out:

http://www.declan.net/wp-content/gpx_loader.html

This uses Google maps with an overlay of the route we took. The data comes from a rider’s GPS device, so it is very accurate.

All of the roads we took are marked and you can zoom and pan over the whole ride. Click on Satellite view or Hybrid to get a neat view of some of the terrain.

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