TdF Route project

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David Cowie said:

I was thinking about creating an overlay of the route onto a map.
Adding in succession layer per year which would then give an "average"
depiction of the areas visited. From this it would be clear to see
which areas haven't been visited. Also nice would be an option to
select the years that you would be able to add (i.e. 1923 & 1955) for
a comparison maybe.

Any interesing angles on this or techinical suggestions ?

No, but it sounds like a really lovely project. Read your Ed Tufte to
warm up, and go to it!

I would suggest working with very thin lines for the route markings, at
least compared to the typical tour maps you see right now.

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Quoted message said:

I was thinking about creating an overlay of the route onto a map.
Adding in succession layer per year which would then give an "average"
depiction of the areas visited. From this it would be clear to see
which areas haven't been visited. Also nice would be an option to
select the years that you would be able to add (i.e. 1923 & 1955) for
a comparison maybe.

Any interesing angles on this or techinical suggestions ?

regards
David
http://sa-cycling.com

This sounds like a very interesting project!
Other people have had the same idea as yours in the past
and even gone on to realize it, although not using modern GIS
techniques. Paul Boury has written a 400 page
book which gives a detailed analysis of the geography
of the Tour de France, very interesting reading:
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=10526

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Roy Ellefsen