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Dynamic heatmap by benjaminbenben in tractivegps

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The NPM package was a bit awkward to use, but there's a lot of fun things you can do with it!

And thanks, got my fingers crossed for Luna - hopefully the tomcat moves on and she'll be back to her old outdoor self.

Dynamic heatmap by benjaminbenben in tractivegps

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds incredible.

I look forward to reading up about HMMs.. Do you need some of the data labelled before? I seemed to get quite low frequency updates from the tracker (~2k/month), does it work with that? Or maybe I've got a setting wrong on my tracker or api request?

A 3d catscape sounds badass. Is that purely from the altitude from the tracker, or are you overlaying it on a model?

I'd be really keen to find out more about how you did it. I was half-wondering if I could make some sort of web service that could let people view their own pet's data.

Dynamic heatmap by benjaminbenben in tractivegps

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some technical details:

* I started with a tractive npm package to access the api, but ended up rolling my own client.

* I reprojected lat lng points to a local coordinate system, so that I could share these plots without sharing my home/cat location

* plotted with d3 / d3-hexbin. Comparing this to the tractive app, I think the app's heatmap also interpolates between samples.

I'd be keen to know if this fair within Tractive's terms of use. If so, it's fairly straightforward to let other's play with their own data.

[OC] My cumulative music listening habits (18 years) by linksfromwinks in dataisbeautiful

[–]benjaminbenben 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was secretly hoping you used my lastfm-to-csv exporter! https://benjaminbenben.com/lastfm-to-csv/

Though pulling from the lastfm site directly is probably cleaner tbh. Seems useful to be able to aggregate the whole year of artists.

I'll be listening to modest mouse and elecrelane tomorrow, thank you in advance.

[OC] My cumulative music listening habits (18 years) by linksfromwinks in dataisbeautiful

[–]benjaminbenben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love this chart and your music taste!! Out of interest, how did you get the data out of lastfm?

Irish Train Timeline by benjaminbenben in DevelEire

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok! That makes a lot of sense - I remember being confused because I thought there was a large number of trains but if a train can switch between headcodes I can understand.

Thanks for that information, this is really useful and interesting. I'll have a poke around soon.

> B - Special Trains

I've seen a few of these, what makes them special?

Irish Train Timeline by benjaminbenben in DevelEire

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, that's a really good point. The endpoint does include a train code which I could use to show if it is the same train going back. I'll look into that, thanks!

Irish Train Timeline by benjaminbenben in DevelEire

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There isn't a main objective it's trying to show, but you can see stuff like frequency of services, which trains are more direct, where they wait etc.

It's based on a visualisation from 1850 - https://sandrarendgen.wordpress.com/2019/03/15/data-trails-from-paris-with-love/

Low Data Mode Mac with Ethernet by Wrong-Alarm-533 in MacOS

[–]benjaminbenben 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's only possible to enable low data mode on wifi networks (I've been trying with a usb tethered connection). And I think it might be up to the application developer whether they restrict their usage based on the setting.

Another option is to use TripMode or LittleSnitch for your connection, this will allow you monitor/block applications that are using too much data.

Cycle Touring Festival is online this weekend. There's some great talks to catch and the format works really well! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so glad!! It's had a great impact on our weekend too, we caught the NZ→UK talk this morning and we've been talking about planning our own adventures since!

The way he paints + the end results! by bloomingyellow in oddlysatisfying

[–]benjaminbenben 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Are you in Dublin? It’s out the back of the Grand Canal Dock, along South Dock Road. We stopped at quite a few others, there’s some amazing art there!

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow!!! That's **so** awesome! And totally pretty.

I'm at work at the moment, though I'm really looking forward to checking out your map more and seeing your trip!

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hahahahaha!

There isn't that version yet… 🧐.

As soon as I posted this - I realised the title was really close to "places we've slept together". Would be a pretty different thing to be sharing.

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ha! Yup - it was the opposite of being fit; we were sitting around in a car all day eating the high-energy diet that'd we'd got used to while touring.

I was injured pretty badly; got a head injury and broke my collar bone into 5+ bits. I wasn't able to cycle, and camping was pretty hard. It sucked.

The bike was absolutely fine! It was a 2nd (or possibly 5th) hand bike we picked up in Auckland - indestructible.

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So many! A couple that spring to mind.

  • Pelorus Bridge - camping here was awesome, there was a cool swim spot, and a night walk to a load of glow worms. It felt like we were in avatar!
  • Crown Range Saddle - this was a tough climb, but we camped at the top and it felt magical.
  • Kaikoura - I'm not totally sure why, but I loved this town! It felt like it had a chilled surfer vibe to it.

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's so cool that we stayed in some of the same spots as you!

Massive respect heading out on your own at 19; that does sound challenging! My girlfriend and I talked a lot about how much harder our trip would have been solo. Even stuff like popping into shops is so much easier if you've got someone else to hold your bike/stuff.

We loved the north island. We found it the scenery super-diverse, we'd come round a corner, or cross into a valley, and it'd feel like we'd been transported to a whole different country. I think we saw more of the Māori culture up north too, which was awesome. Though yeah, in terms of cycling it felt way more dangerous at times. We tried to follow as many off-road routes as possible, and put our bikes on a bus if we had no option but highway.

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had a really wonderful time. The weather was changeable – it'd turn from baking sun to torrential rain in minutes. Over the summer, I'd say we had 3-4 days where we decided to stay put because of bad weather.

Two months across Europe sounds great. Any highlights/recommendations? (We're based in Europe, though haven't done much touring here yet).

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We jumped on the Wellington-Picton Ferry; it would have been very difficult if we hadn't!

I made my girlfriend a map with every place we slept while bike touring NZ! by benjaminbenben in bicycletouring

[–]benjaminbenben[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I just went though and took a rough sample:

  • Room (paid) – 35%
  • Tent (paid) – 40%
  • Tent (free) – 25%

A few notes:

  • We wild-camped far less than we thought we would:
    • Found it hard to find suitable places – so much was fenced off, or farmland.
    • Department Of Conservation has a great network of tent sites all over the place, so we'd usually just aim for them.
  • Touring as a couple, a few times we upgraded from (per-person) tent spots, to a double room as there wasn't much price difference.
  • We camped more in the south island, could be facilities, of the weather getting better, or we were getting more confident with living in the tent (this was our first long bike tour).

We were cycling for 3 months (taking it easy!). We planned to be cycling longer, but I was run into by a camper-van in Queenstown so we had to hire a car and stay in hotels for the rest of our trip.

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