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这次，28个轮滑者参加我们一日游的活动在莫干山！
这是上周六， 2009年2月21日。

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中文

GPS is great when you’re doing outdoor activities, but coming back to your computer, it’s sometimes a little bit tricky to use the output data, in my case, namely the KML / KMZ file.

Indeed, the GPS terminal records coordinates, altitude & other info each X seconds. It means that if you record your track for a time with a high rate recording frequency, your KML file is going to include thousands of points…

Everything is fine with Google Earth when you import your KML file, but some issues appear when you wanna import it in Google Maps (for instance, the tracks will split in several parts).
Indeed, if your KML polygons have too many points, the file will be too big for Google Maps.
Only one solution: reduce the number of points (and coordinates).

Here comes GPSBabel.

GPSBabel converts waypoints, tracks, and routes between popular GPS receivers and mapping programs. It also has powerful manipulation tools for such data.
For instance, in order to reduce the number of coordinates, you just have to apply one of the filters:

It’s free and it works under Windows, MacOS and Linux!
 
 
Source:
http://www.gpsbabel.org/download.html
 
 
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As I can’t throw away traditions, I write this post… very late
For our second rollerskating trip, we’ve chosen to go back to 莫干山 (Mògānshān) on the first day, and then to try two new places around 天荒坪镇 (Tiānhuāngpíng village).
It was on October 11th and 12th.

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十天以前我们去过奉化为参加梅的朋友的婚礼。

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我已经去过莫干山很多次，但是每次是为骑山地车或者我一个人做轮滑。
这次，我组织第一个轮滑刷街和速降在莫干山！（其实我在网上找一找如果已经有没有人在那边来刷街，但是看起来没有。。。）。

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Seven hours away from Shanghai, in Zhèjiāng province (浙江), I enjoyed my first canyoning experience!

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taken on: July 7th, 2007
at:  厦门观音山 (Xiamen, GuanYin mountain)
by: Diablotim
with: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
comment: 不外卖土鸡，鸭每斤十八元 (No take-away for free-range chicken, duck price is 18rmb/500gr)
original file: download link

中文

The organizers of this summer’s Beijing Olympics reminded foreigners coming to China for the Games to behave, warning them that everything from protesting without permission to sleeping outdoors was banned.

The extensive list, written only in Chinese, has been put on the organizers’ official website.

So you can forget about sleeping outdoors to save a bit of money or to enjoy camping in the nature (or what it remains…).

It’s banned, in order to "maintain public hygiene and the cultured image of cities".
 
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I’m once and for all late in publishing all the bike trips pictures on my website… 该加油！！！
So, two months after (it was on March 16th), it’s time for 太湖西山董其昌墓 (Tàihú  Xīshān Dǒngqíchāngmù) MTB session report!

"Au menu": pictures, track map, short movie
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Three days ago (on Saturday, February 2^nd), Shanghai was under the snow, so it was the right time for Diablotim & me to escape downtown and to try the new Subway Line 9, heading to ShéShān (佘山).
三天以前（在星期六，二月二号），上海被大雪覆盖，所以Diablotim和我觉得这是最好的时候为避开闹区和试一试新的地铁九号线，往佘山。
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