Track le Tour - Live Data of the Tour de France

In July, cycling fans all over the world traditionally spendtheir time in front of the TV and follow the peloton around France. From now onthese TV images are flanked by a very interesting application:

Ubilabs displays live on the Internet where different riders are at the very moment.Both the actual stage and the exact positions of various riders are displayed oninteractive maps and satellite images. The positions are shown on the well-knownGoogle Maps.

But this is not where it ends  beside the position of the riders even their actualspeed, their pulse beat, their step frequency or their performance is transmitted.

This has been realized through collaborative work by SRM, the inventors of  Powermeter , and Ubilabs, an agency for localized content (Location Based Media).SRM equips certain riders with a technology that enables them to track the dataevery second and subsequently send it to a server and integrate it on the Ubilabsplatform.

The  Tour-Tracker could be launched just in time for the beginning of the tour. Theactual stage is displayed every day. After the start of each stage all the ridersequipped with the SRM technology are shown on the website and can be followedthroughout the stage.

And therefor not only passionate cycling fans will experience the Tour de Francelike never before: with their fingers on an interactive map.

The massive public interest that has been aroused so far is a proof for the successof the collaborative work between SRM and Ubilabs. More and more websites are linkedwith the tour-tracker-site. With great joy it has been recognised that even activeriders refer to it on their websites like the dutch rider Bram Tankink.

Ubilabs  Location Based MediaUbilabs is a Joint Venture for Location Based Media. The three partners 52grad,Sumaato and transformat work collaboratively on solutions for the interactivelocalization of different contents.

Polaire as a platform for GeoCasting is the flagship among all products: you canleave messages at places where you are or that you are interested in. Easy and quick for example with your mobile. A server edits your texts, videos and photos andlocalizes them on a map.

52grad, Sumaato and transformat are Spin-Offs of the Bauhaus-University in Weimar.The closeness to academic research allows Ubilabs to profit from the knowledge ofprofessors, scientists and students.

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Source: Express-Press-Release.com

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