Gantt Chart: Opening Statement: GhostRide is going to change the way you cycle for fitness and fun. Accomplished: General: GhostRideCycling.com is the domain for the promotional website (which I have yet to upload… I will get to it… eventually) Finally talked to Velma about grant money I have been neglecting forever (fight me) Code…
Gantt Chart: Accomplished: Backend Work: Implemented Google SignIn with existing GhostRide server code Can once again upload and race routes using improved logic now stores additional data about specific routes (description, start end location, dates) General Programming Stuff: Implemented Apple’s MapKit over Mapbox because its more robust API allows for complex map animations Downside:…
Gantt Chart: Goals accomplished: -Basic functionality in terms of waypoint setting, uploading and timing. -Started design and implementation of basic promotion, account registration and account management pages for the GhostRide community/promotional website. Promotional Website demo: Demo Website – Realtime updating of stats (example in the form of the scoreboard for the IMRC Open Studios…
Abstract Cycling is a popular sport for the health benefits, its competitive nature and just because cycling is fun. While there exists a variety of apps and tools to track your progress and find groups to ride in, they all fall toward the side of serious data driven cycling. Ghost Ride intends to challenge the…
Get A Website Part of the plan for GhostRide is to have a promotional and community website wrapped into one. The final name of the application is not yet finalized so the domain name has not yet been purchased. Promotion is planned to being in January, so the basis of the promotional portion of the…
These different articles and projects all relate to GhostRide in some way, as they either do some portion of the project well or served as inspiration for the idea. Strava Strava is the biggest player in GPS powered cycling apps. It’s biggest draw is it’s robust social community. It almost single handedly invented “segments” (the…
It’s interesting to think about how you might use connections you already to to facilitate a project like this. The strength of this project I think is in it’s broad scope and general appeal, as well as multiple levels of engagement. With that said here are some brainstormed ideas: -Durham Broadcast News Channel – Family…
Problem 1 Solution B is the new media solution. It is also the solution that I prefer because it allows a sort of collective knowledge which might end up being greater than the sum of its parts. It also allows for the project to grow beyond the original conceived notions and allows for “emergent phenomena”.…