Change the default width of Blogger posts

The visualizations from Google Fusion Tables are wider than the default width of Blogger. To prevent Blogger from cutting them off on the right, change the default width of Blogger posts.

1. Go into the "Layout" tab
2. Click "Edit HTML" 
3. Download a copy of your current template just for back-up. 
4. Find the editable text box. 
5. Scroll through the content until you see "Outer Wrapper"
6. Under "#outer-wrapper" change "width: 660px" to "width: 1000px"
7. Under "#main-wrapper" change "width: 410px" to "width: 750px"
8. Tip: if the numbers aren't precisely 660px and 410px to start with, don't worry.
9. Click "Save Template" and view your blog post again.

http://www.google.com/support/fusiontables/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=185229

PDF2SVG

PDF2SVG is an efficient, stand-alone utility for converting and publishing PDF files as web-ready SVG graphics, the open-standard W3C recommendation for high-end graphics on the web.
http://www.pdftron.com/pdf2svg/
in french: http://mscerts.programming4.us/fr/517314.aspx
PDF2SVG 3.6 

Google maps Place API: The Places API is provided in two ways, a set of XML and JSON web services, and a set of corresponding classes in the Maps API v3.

http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-07-14T22%3A34%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7 (Google Geo Developers Blog):
the Places API is provided in 2 ways,

• a set of XML and JSON web services, and 
• a set of corresponding classes in the Maps API v3.

Wikiloc: GPS trails and waypoints of the World; google maps and google earth

http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/home.do?lang=en
France: only 13000 trails (DATA@sept 2011)
World map (zoom at scale of France): only 3!

see also:
http://ex-ample.blogspot.com/2011/08/case-study-europe-and-e-trailblazing.html
and search with the label "trail".

Many search options:
1)categories:

 Mountain biking
 Hiking
 Cycling
 Running
 Trail running
 Mountaineering
 Bicycle touring
 Walking
 Motorcycling
 Back country skiing
 Trail bike
 ATV
 Kayaking - Canoeing
 Sailing
 Snowshoeing
 Cross country skiing
 Alpine skiing
 Flying
 Horseback riding
 Dog sledging
 Rock climbing
 inline skating
 Skating
 Train
 Canyoneering
 Diving
 Caving
 Hang gliding
 Ballooning
 Snowboarding
 Ice climbing
 Snowmobiling
 Accessible
 Offroading
 rowing
 car
 kiteboarding
 kite skiing
 sledge
 kickbike
 Paragliding

2) Any trail
One-Way trails
Loop trails

3) Any length
0mi - 5mi
5mi - 10mi
10mi - 25mi
25mi - 50mi
50mi - 100mi
100mi +


4) Any difficulty
Easy
Moderate
Difficult
Very difficult
Experts only

5) Any device
GPS
Smartphone (iPhone, Android..)
Drawn on a map

Gmap4 : Share Enhanced Google Maps with detailed topographic maps

Gmap4 - Share Enhanced Google Maps with detailed topographic maps (USA and Canada):

The map below is 'live'
The red line is a GPS track
Click-hold-drag the map
Click the camera icons
Try a right-click
Play with the two menus

GPS implants: small RFID implant and a nearby GPS receiver.

NaviGadget -- GPS Navigation Systems, GPS Tracking Devices, GPS Phones, Receivers, Reviews, and Hacks:

An article is kind of stating the obvious – at least for us – saying that GPS implants, the size of a grain of rice is not technologically feasible considering our current state with batteries mostly.

This Mexican security company claim they made 178 rescues using a small RFID implant that goes under your skin and it relays a signal to a nearby GPS receiver. If the GPS and the RFID implant get separated the company claims they can pinpoint person of interest.

This sounds a lot like science fiction however since RFIDs do not have a power source of their own and can not transmit signals. An RFID reader can only pick up their existence from at most a couple of hundred meters provided the person is still near the last location of the GPS tracking device.

ActMAP (Actualize Map); the complexity of multiple map suppliers and multiple versions of in-vehicles maps, Map database management -GPS

Map database management:
A European consortium called ActMAP (Actualize Map) is "developing standardised mechanisms to update existing map database content and enable dynamic attachment of information to the digital in-vehicle map".

The ActMAP consortium comprises ERTICO (coordinator), BMW, CRF Fiat Research Centre, DaimlerChrysler, Navigon, NAVTEQ, Tele Atlas, and Siemens VDO Automotive.
They have finished most of their work and published a number of reports, which were submitted to the ISO committee TC204 WG3 for standardization. Their reports serve as a good starting point and reference for the work of this project.

An important issue their reports address is dealing with the complexity of multiple map suppliers, using proprietary formats, coupled with multiple data suppliers and multiple versions of in-vehicles maps. They resolve this by using an open intermediate map format expressed with XML and based on the concepts of the ISO standard GDF 4.0. All modifications to a supplier's database are first converted to this intermediate format, stored on a server and then converted to each format used within individual vehicles.