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Oh. OK. I considered that but didn’t see how it would pertain.
2 years agoArtificial Intelligence
2 years agoAI =?
2 years agoFrom a lot of cycling in the U.S., but also most recently near Innsbruck, we really want to avoid running onto, or trying to cross over, high speed motorways. Thsat why we like to know someone has been there before, even if it's an AI. A really bad one, from last trip, was finding that there was no way, really no way, to cycle or walk from Frankfurt airport to our hotel, the Park Hotel, 2 km away as the crow flies. (Ok, there might vaguely be an 11 km route, but you need the AI to find it.)
2 years agoFWIW, I did a pretty similar route many Septembers ago and really enjoyed it. I was completely taken with Stonehenge (before the new center was built), and also loved Bath.
But…aren’t your bikes in Leipzig? And isn’t Leipzig in the Schengen Zone? 😱😱
Jonathan
I do somewhat the same as Team Anderson (Al stays out of it because he doesn't want to be blamed if something goes awry) except that I also carry paper maps (1:200 000 scale). I create routes at home using RideWithGPS but I make them go my way.
2 years agoHow about a detour up to Ely. This is the area where Alys Clare's, Lassair series of novels are set. A visit to Ely cathedral was a highlight of our tour of England.
Lis
One quibble. The Andersons don’t use RideWithGPS to create or dictate their routes. They use it as a technical drawing tool to craft them and transfer them to their Garmins so they don’t have to buy and lug around a box of paper. Mostly they build their routes from scratch using intuition, experience, and the best information they can find.
2 years agoThat's part of why I continue to do nature IDs for cycle tourists... I know what it is like to try and keep a journal on tour... let alone try to find IDs with limited time, limited energy and limited internet! You really do quite a good job!
2 years agoThanks for the link to the identification website. Is it OK if we continue to rely on you to do the work?-it takes too much time on the road, and besides, we love to hear from you.
2 years agoOr we could just bring a tonne of mustard seed with us and take it to Dijon. We hear there is a shortage now.
2 years agoYeah, broken is worse than just pain. Anyway, it seems to have resolved itself for now and at least I know what to do if it flares again. Dodie
2 years agoThanks Rachael. It is pretty much back to normal now and the braces and creams will be travelling with us for any flareups. Dodie
2 years agoThe constant updating of money is getting a bit tiresome, but as long as we can go to a bank to exchange old for new it should be OK.
2 years ago
Ah, so that opens an interesting but maybe not super relevant question of what is a sophisticated program and database but still not an "artificial intelligence". It seems to me that seeing how to wend one's way through a maze of roadways and not land up at some bicycle impassable dead end, is quite a feat of database and analysis. If you lack the natural intelligence of a Scott or Jacquie, or the recorded experience of someone who has done it before, as with a signed route, then you need some ... "artificial intelligence"!
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