2005 Tour of Hope DC Fundraising Ride:
This is our best guess at the 50-mile
route map. I used Gmaps Pedometer
to convert a cue sheet to a map. Click
on the picture of the map to see the route
in a Gmaps Pedometer window.
[ Image: Gmaps Pedometer / Google Maps ]
Bryan Katz, a fellow Tour of Hope DC Fundraising Rider and Rensselaer alumnus, sent me a cue sheet for the 50-mile route of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Tour of Hope DC Fundraising Ride along with the following question:
OK Mr. Gadget… is there software anywhere that would translate the route sheet to a map?
The easiest way I know to do it without a GPS tracking file is to plot the map using Gmaps Pedometer, which is what I did. Kudos to Maria Norton who told me about Gmaps Pedometer back in August.
There are a couple of unresolved issues with the route as I’ve plotted it:
- The route through Rockville is a little messed up. The cue sheet isn’t clear on the turns when you’re skirting around the downtown area. I’m guessing that the route will go from Norbeck Road/MD 28 onto Wootton Parkway, but the cue sheet doesn’t say that.
- In that same area, I followed the wrong road between Muncaster Mill Road/MD 115 and Norbeck Road. This is probably why the route length I’ve plotted is only 47.78 miles long.
I’ll correct those problems and update the article when I have time.
Updates:
- Bryan Katz provided the URL for the cue sheet: http://www.tourofhope.org/ride/2005_dc_ride/dc_ride_route_log.pdf.
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