{"id":1496,"date":"2012-11-02T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2012-11-03T02:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2022-09-01T13:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T18:00:50","slug":"adding-an-overlay-into-real-time-tracker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/02\/adding-an-overlay-into-real-time-tracker\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding an overlay into Real Time Tracker"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Real Time GPS Tracker<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Been playing around with this, and found how to add an overlay.
\nSeems like it has a lot of possibilities, especially on known routes such as established races.
\nIf you run with a GPS watch, you can probably make an overlay easily from the watch data. I did one below.
\nSave the file as a KML.
\nAdd it to a directory on your web host.
\nPut the URL to the KML file in the Real Time Tracker set up “Custom Map Overlays”, like this.<\/p>\n

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Adding a KML file to Real Time Tracker<\/p><\/div>\n

The go to the Map page, scroll around the map until you find where the run is.
\nYou are ready to go. I need to get out and try this soon. I am hoping it will add a track right on top of the “planned course”. I see this as really useful when out of town running a race so others can watch the progress. Actually even if they are at the race, they can track on a smart phone to see right where I am at, like coming to an aid station, or nearing the finish line! Pretty cool!<\/p>\n

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A favorite trail run overlay KML.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon route created as a KML file and added to Real Time Tracker.<\/p>\n

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The Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon overlay KML<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Real Time GPS Tracker<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Tthey can track on a smart phone to see right where I am at, like coming to an aid station, or nearing the finish line! Pretty cool!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,74,192],"tags":[],"series":[197],"class_list":["post-1496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","category-gps","category-software-2","series-real-time-gps-tracker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1496"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kasdorf.name\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}