Tour de France

Some ideas from Fred Martin for using the Tour de France as a context for teaching GIS.

A good place to start further exploring....

Tour de France routes

Starting in Leeds on the 4th of July is the world's greatest sporting event: the Tour de France.
You can download various KML files for the route from a number of places.

Map my Ride have created some kilometre by kilometre versions, and there are also some nice video tours of the route that can be accessed, such as the one below.

Similar tours can be created using Google Earth...

Tour de France 2012

The greatest sporting event in the world starts at the end of the month and goes on until the end of July: The Tour de France.


Cycling the Alps has produced 3D tours of each of the stages of the race, which are rather nice.


The tours can also be embedded into a blog post as below - press the play button...




As with so many map related posts, I'm grateful to Keir Clarke for the original tip-off.

Tour de France Street View

The route of the Tour de France 2008 can now be seen in STREET VIEW.
Go HERE for the images and maps.