Google Earth Flyby on Youtube

Taking the previous post's ideas a stage further (using open source screen-capture tool CamStudio and mixing it all together with Windows Movie Maker), here's a proof-of-concept of the flyby movie. This is the 56-mile bike route for the Wimbleball half-Iron 70.3 race bike leg:



Some initial thoughts:

1) Slower would be better for a real training aid.

2) So would landmarks on the ground ("Morebath", "Transition", etc) and caption commentary ("This bit's steep!" "Fast for 3 miles: hoof it!").

3) Watch out that the camera doesn't fall into hillsides!

4) Lots and lots of waypoints on the original Gmaps Pedometer map make for a better flyby.

5) Billboard Head Soup makes for very silly soundtracks: entirely superfluous but entertaining.