[BaseCamp] List traffic (or lack thereof)

[Maura]

Thanks Nancy!

On the BMR site I incorrectly stated it was not in the app store, my early
beta came direct. Sorry about that.
App is great!
BaseCamp content: we will be using BMR data in the seminar this Saturday :)

Maura AKA MissInformation

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 11:05 AM, Nancy Lefcourt <nlefcourt at mac.com> wrote:

> Maura,  the BMR app update is available in the app store.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: -=maura=-
> Date:01/27/2015 10:21 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: BaseCamp
> Subject: Re: [BaseCamp] List traffic (or lack thereof)
>
> hahaha
> You are a brave man to say P vs NP on the BaseCamp list :))))
> I lack such courage , I tried a while back to explain the issue on the
> LD rider list and let just say I convinced no one, discussion continued
> on how great streets and trips optimized a route, when in my experience,
> I could easily make it fail , either by causing the program to crash or
> making it make a route which was obviously not the optimum.
> The really important rally take-away is that attempting to use route
> optimization often causes a computer crash if the route is even slightly
> complex (20+ points) , which is a very bad thing if you are on-the-clock
> rally planning. Thus, I avoid it like poison :)
>
> Over in the BMR forum, I fear I may have provided misinformation on the
> app. Is it in the play store? I thought it was not, but that may have
> only been me receiving it early. maybe get RJ to delete my post if not
> correct?
>
> App 2.12 working well, no issues to report. The way the rally works, you
> have to sometimes take a couple of pics to get the framing right. If the
> bottom bar affects that, so be it, the app allows you to see the final
> pic, so you check if it is good or not, then 'accept' . The'why' it is
> not framed perfectly the first time is not a concern,  just get 'er done
> and move on :)
>
> I am having such fun in the BMR, and love the app, so let me  send you
> another BIG THANKS.
>
> Maura
>
>
>
> On 22/01/2015 6:20 AM, Joel Tolbert wrote:
> > <snip>
> > On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:03 AM, Chris Rasmussen <
> crasmussen at carolina.rr.com
> >> wrote:
> > Of interest, when I load a route to my Zumo 665, it will normally
> calculate
> > a much faster time than what BC has calculated.
> > </snip>
> >
> > I have found the same.  I track my stops in a rally by their expected
> > arrival time in Basecamp.  I have found that both of my GPS units
> > consistently underestimate total time, and Basecamp has been the
> consistent
> > winner in the the "time to HQ" department.  This experience over a number
> > of rallys has taught me to not get too excited about being ahead of GPS
> eta
> > when 4 hours into a rally, as invariably I arrive to HQ workers staring
> at
> > watches performing the dreaded countdown to DNF.
> >
> > Admittedly, I have trained Basecamp over the last few years to know how
> how
> > I ride/rally here in the US mid-atlantic, making this strategy possible.
> >
> > <snip>
> > Master Maura wrote:
> > "(it) is one of the most intensively studied problems in computational
> > mathematics"
> > </snip>
> >
> > Not to put too fine a point on Maura's comment, but I will for those
> hoping
> > for an "optimize my route" function.  There has been a $1million (US)
> > bounty placed on solving this "traveling salesman" (P vs NP) riddle by
> the
> > Clay Institute.  UPS, FedEx, MIT, Princeton, and nearly every aspiring
> > geospatial computer programmer have had their (collective) minds absorbed
> > by this prize
> http://www.claymath.org/millenium-problems/p-vs-np-problem.
> > If you want the Cliff notes:  "There ain't no way in hell your "intel
> > inside" netbook, or 20 year old GPS chip are giving you an optimized
> > route."  You will not see that wizard to your satisfaction, not no way,
> not
> > no how, regardless of your choice of computer hardware.  There's nearly
> 40
> > years of digital heartbreak on this twisted road with no end (yet) in
> sight.
> >
> >
> >
> > --Joel Tolbert
> > Bethlehem, PA
> > http://www.BubblerGPS.com
> >
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