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Mapping the 2014 Tour de France

June 26, 2014

As he’s done for a few years in a row (2013, 2012, 2011), Dennis at CyclingTheAlps.com has built some great tools to help track the Tour de France in Google Earth.

tour de france 2014

Each course features a map overview, elevation profile, and a 3D tour. Check it all out for yourself at https://www.cyclingthealps.com/#tour-de-france-2014-stages. The race starts on July 5, be sure to keep an eye on Cycling the Alps to see what the riders are up against at each stage.

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Mickey has been using Google Earth since it was released in 2005, and has created a variety of geo-related sites including Google Earth Hacks. He runs a web design firm in Marietta, GA, where he lives with his wife and two kids.

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Filed Under: GE Plugin, Sports Tagged With: cycling the alps, tour de france

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  1. Chris says

    June 27, 2014 at 5:48 am

    Clearly a lot of work goes into preparing what you can see on the Cycling the Alps site. But the race stages are shown as a series of tours using the Google Earth plug-in, with a default view northwards which can hide the route in mountainous areas, and a fly through speed which is too fast to see names and topography. There appear to be no controls to modify these default settings for anything more than still shots.

    In the past GEB has provided links to KMLs of the route – a much more flexible approach – and there seems to be plans to provide such a KML through the official Tour site, although nothing is obvious at the moment.

    Does any GEB reader know of any KMLs for 2014, and it would be great to have links.

  2. imad says

    June 27, 2014 at 5:55 am

    no imagery this month ?

  3. Vitus says

    June 27, 2014 at 5:45 pm

    @cris
    Go to http://www.velowire.com/article/850/en/the-tour-de-france-2014-race-route-on-google-maps-google-earth–stage-profiles-and-other-details.html
    Always the best source for Giro and Tour kml files πŸ˜‰

  4. Chris says

    June 28, 2014 at 9:32 am

    Many thanks for the link, and perhaps I am missing something, but the links on the site under the Tour sections to the route on Maps/Earth appear to be inactive, and I can find no other possible link. It would be great if you say exactly where on the site the KML(s) can be found.

  5. Vitus says

    June 30, 2014 at 11:00 am

    You have to scroll down, under
    “The race route of the Tour de France 2014 in Google Earth”
    you’ll find http://short.thover.com/?ID=439
    πŸ˜‰

  6. Chris says

    July 1, 2014 at 11:55 am

    @ Vince – many thanks for the direct link to the Tour kHz, all now running fine, and I am sure that other GEB readers will be grateful πŸ™‚

    There is so much good information on each of the Tour stages that I simply had not found my way to the link after the final stage, and, if anyone from Velowire is reading, the kHz really deserves more prominence to reflect all the work that goes into preparing it and the great picture it gives of the terrain for the race.

    • C says

      July 1, 2014 at 11:57 am

      Ooops … KMZ of course



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