Google Earth Helped The United States Win A Gold Medal
August 28th, 2008 | by HG |
One United States Olympian is giving Google Earth credit for her gold medal performance in Beijing. Cyclist Kristin Armstrong took one of her husband’s GPS units with her to Beijing in December to get an elevation profile of the Time Trial course. The decision paid off.
From Kristin Armstrong’s guest post at Google Lat-Long:
After returning home to Boise, Idaho, I exported the GPS data to several different formats, one of which I was able to launch with Google Earth. I was then able to trace the entire course from the comfort of my home half a world away and find a similar route to train on back in Boise. This capability along with having the elevation profile proved invaluable in my preparation for my Gold Medal race.
That’s a great use of Google Earth by Kristin Armstrong. All this time I thought it was only for trying to track ex-girlfriends.
Kristin Armstrong, gold medal, Google Earth
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