GPS Insight Blog » Egypt http://blog.gpsinsight.com Advanced GPS Fleet Tracking Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:48:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Hard part over with the Sahara Race — GPS Tracking in Egypt (and Disneyland) http://blog.gpsinsight.com/2009/10/hard-part-over-with-the-sahara-race-gps-tracking-the/ http://blog.gpsinsight.com/2009/10/hard-part-over-with-the-sahara-race-gps-tracking-the/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:09:02 +0000 rdonat http://blog.gpsinsight.com/?p=957 Apparently the hard 57+ mile “day” (40 hours allowed) of Keir’s Sahara race is over. Here was yesterday’s GPS track. Our device which only reports every 1 hour shows 48 miles, but he really went 57 — this is because of the “as the crow flies” way we’re determining distance. Our vehicle tracking devices (vs. satellite based asset tracking devices) don’t have this issue — they are as accurate as an odometer.

Hard part done with the Sahara Race

Hard part done with the Sahara Race

Now it’s just 10 more miles to go — apparently they do this so most competitors can cross the finish line roughly at the same time. He’s still in 70th of 95 competitors. (125 started & 30 have had to leave the race)

Here is a total track of how far Keir’s gone, using the lightweight Satellite tracking device in his pack (with yesterday standing out):

GPS Tracking of Sahara Race

GPS Tracking of Sahara Race

Congratulations Keir!

Of course, my wife, kids, & I probably walked close to that long yesterday at Disney:

People Tracking at Disneyland using GPS Insight EZ-1000

People Tracking at Disneyland using GPS Insight EZ-1000

Our dogs are barking!…

Rob.

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