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Ok, I admit this is totally a geeky idea, but I have been trying to figure out a way to have “real-time” tracking of our tour progress on whythebike.com. I envision my dad working away at his computer in Indiana and wondering, “Hey, I wonder if my son and grandsons made it to Julian yet for lunch?” So, he surfs to whythebike.com and looks at a map that automatically charts our current “live” (more or less) location throughout the day. Sure, he could just call us on our cell phone and ask, but doesn’t the real-time tracking idea just sound cooler?

I was checking around the web to see if anyone else had done something similar. I could not find an existing service that provides this. However, I did find one site called dartmaps that provides “real time” train tracking for Dublin, Ireland on top of Google Maps. I am going to see if I can figure out a similar solution.

My geek mission

5/24 UPDATE: I figured it out! I was able to discover a solution using Twitter and Google Maps. More to follow!