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Mushing Tech: The Yukon Quest on GPS or Google Earth

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Thursday, February 5, 2015. The Yukon Quest on GPS or Google Earth. Last year, we provided some Iditarod track files. For quite a large number of software applications. This year, for the Quest, I've prepared copies of the most popular file types:. For use with Google Earth. For use with compatible GPS units, such as Garmin's. KMZ file loaded into Google Earth. If it is helpful or useful, I'd be glad. February 6, 2015 at 8:23 AM. Regardi...

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Mushing Tech: The Iditarod track file

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Friday, February 28, 2014. The Iditarod track file. Is a surprisingly complicated topic that can , luckily, be left to the software we use, most of the time.). With this rough understanding what kind of file we're dealing with, what types of track file could we get for the Iditarod 2014? Well, the specific type depends on the file's purpose:. A proprietary binary format, but with an open specification), GeoJSON. As for the Iditarod trail...

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Mushing Tech: March 2015

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Sunday, March 22, 2015. About that Iditarod post concerning Siberians. On Siberians and Siberian mushers was a pretty stellar example of the latter. Shortly after I moved up to Two Rivers and before Chris arrived I needed to travel for work, so I boarded my eight (! At the time - I'm up to 20) Siberians at a kennel in the neighborhood. The fellow who owned the place was chatting and said "I used to run Siberians," so I said "oh? We devel...

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Mushing Tech: October 2014

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Tuesday, October 14, 2014. A look at 2013 Quest runtimes. It's looking like this year's Yukon Quest. Has a pretty good field of entries. So, I've taken my own spreadsheets from 2013 and used them as a basis for running some numbers. In particular, I've created a spreadsheet. Containing runtime 2013 checkpoint data and. Again, this is largely to create a baseline dataset for comparison with this year. However, I also ran some correlations...

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Mushing Tech: May 2014

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Saturday, May 31, 2014. Recently there's been some discussion of instant beer for backpacking or other backcountry travel. After all, beer is almost entirely water and water's really heavy, so if the water can be eliminated and added later, the problem is basically solved (well, almost). Sounded promising but turned out to be a hoax, but in the meantime Pat's Backcountry Beverages. And the drink concentrate:. Also, your basic low bar:.

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Mushing Tech: November 2014

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Monday, November 24, 2014. Following up on my previous post. On 2013 Quest statistics, I've gone back, cleaned up my 2011 data, and run some numbers on that. What I found was pretty consistent with the 2013 numbers, except that there were a few surprises in the numbers that actually helped tell the story of the race. If you've been following the Yukon Quest. And Sebastian Schnuelle's ice-caked boots in Central told a story, as well:.

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Mushing Tech: January 2015

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Thursday, January 29, 2015. Tools for looking at run/rest schedules. If you've followed distance mushing for any amount of time you're keenly aware of the role that run/rest schedules play in the sport. They can be both strategic and tactical, and can reflect the breeding decisions a given musher makes, as well as their training regimen (more on that in a bit). I've posted a couple of videos on my Facebook. Reading this is absolutely str...

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Mushing Tech: Tools for looking at run/rest schedules

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Thursday, January 29, 2015. Tools for looking at run/rest schedules. If you've followed distance mushing for any amount of time you're keenly aware of the role that run/rest schedules play in the sport. They can be both strategic and tactical, and can reflect the breeding decisions a given musher makes, as well as their training regimen (more on that in a bit). I've posted a couple of videos on my Facebook. Reading this is absolutely str...

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Mushing Tech: Some handy calculators for race fans

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Occasional writings on techie aspects of dog mushing and race data. Some handy calculators for race fans. I keep thinking I need to put together some useful calculators for race managers, numbers guys, etc., since it turns out that so many of them are doing those by hand. But there are also calculators that might be useful for race fans who are trying to do some analysis of what they're seeing on the trail. Here are a few links:. GPS data between a nice variety of formats. At his geocaching website.