I recently launched several major new features for Curvature, my program that generates maps of the twistiest roads world-wide. I’ve had these in the works for several years and finally found the time to wrap them up.
Several years after creating Curvature –my program that analyzes road-geometry and builds maps of twisty roads– it now has a dedicated site of its own: roadcurvature.com The new site is written to help non-techies understand how to use the curvature files with step-by-step instructions and a lot less jargon than…
This entry was original published as a Ride Report on the Adventure Rider (ADVrider) forums. The only changes are reformatting to flow as a single article. Prologue Day 1: Down the Green Mountains Day 2: Across New England Day 3: Acadian Entry Day 4: Fundy Crossing Day 5: On the…
Update October, 2020: Curvature is now available as an in-browser map. Update November, 2016: New dedicated Curvature site — roadcurvature.com Update October, 2013: Google Earth KML files generated by curvature.py are now available covering the entire world. In the process of taking up motorcycling this summer I also gained an…
In 2005 I took a 3-week trip around Turkey with my parents and brother. Mid-way through this fabulous trip we met the affable Roland Pfitzenmaier, a German man touring the middle east on a Triumph motorcycle. While I am someone who usually travels with a full load of gear —…
