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Icons which you can use in your GeoJSON files (for SpotWalla)

by Chris Wiltshire | March 15, 2022 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

Credit - the featured image is Ross Calder's recent work for one of his SpotWalla Trips... Within your GeoJSON file, a point can carry an icon attribute: "icon": "https://www.gstatic.com/mapspro/images/stock/503-wht-blank_maps.png" Brief list -...

Getting setup with SpotWalla for the NZDR North Island events (2021)

by Chris Wiltshire | October 1, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 0 Comments

SCREEN SHOTS IN THIS PAGE SHOW OLD VERSIONS OF APPS, WE HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO GRAB NEW VERSIONS - SORRY! Firstly, it should be pointed out that this is not compulsory in any way. This is entirely optional for most, but also strongly requested for the NI1600...

New SpotWalla site – should I switch now?

by Chris Wiltshire | April 4, 2021 | Motorcycling | 0 Comments

What’s this all about? If you already have a SpotWalla account and if you’ve had it for a while then there’s a solid chance that it was setup using their existing website and used tracking apps which were built to interface with that. Recently at the beginning of 2021...

Getting setup with SpotWalla for the TT2000 event (2021).

by Chris Wiltshire | January 23, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 0 Comments

Firstly, it should be pointed out that this is not compulsory in any way. This is entirely optional. What are we talking about? SpotWalla is a location tracking and sharing service for individuals. It is widely used within the long distance riding community...

Getting Tracks to show in SpotWalla with new geoJSON format requirements

by Chris Wiltshire | December 14, 2020 | Motorcycling | 0 Comments

When planning a TRIP in SpotWalla to share with people as you ride around your planned route, it's often really nice to be able to show people where your planned route is expected to take you. To do this, you need to be able to put a Track into your Trip page. There's...

Helping to verify Iron Butt Association rides using SpotWalla.

by Chris Wiltshire | September 24, 2020 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

I have helped to develop a system which takes SpotWalla tracks, analyses them, and turns them back into routed, summarised distances. SpotWalla is a fantastic tracking system, it's live, real time, secure, and easy enough (I believe) to tell if a track has been...

Getting setup with SpotWalla for the NZDR North Island events (2020)

by Chris Wiltshire | September 9, 2020 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 0 Comments

Firstly, it should be pointed out that this is not compulsory in any way. This is entirely optional, but also strongly requested for the NI1600 riders. What are we talking about? SpotWalla is a location tracking and sharing service for individuals. It is widely...

Getting prep’d to use SpotWalla during the TT.

by Chris Wiltshire | February 18, 2020 | Uncategorised | 0 Comments

If you're reading this, then there's a good chance that you're already setup with your SpotWalla account, and that you've managed to join the Location Page for the TT event, if that's the case, well done and thank you for being part of this. If not, then you may need...

Informal use of SpotWalla as a tracking tool for event organisers – a post-mortem.

by Chris Wiltshire | December 6, 2019 | Motorcycling | 0 Comments

Following on from the NZ Distance rider's NI1600 event, held in October 2019, it's worth a bit of a review of the use of SpotWalla during the event, as a tool for the organisers and riders. - I've felt this is necessary as there were a number of things learnt from...

SpotWalla tips and tricks – Creating a SpotWalla tracking history, and showing it using a SpotWalla Trip.

by Chris Wiltshire | September 15, 2019 | Motorcycling | 0 Comments

I've chosen my wording and terminology in the title of this post quite carefully. The word 'Track' can mean different things to different people and in the world of GPS users, a Track is often the trail of breadcrumbs which a GPS creates. That's certainly the case...

Getting setup with SpotWalla for the NZDR North Island events.

by Chris Wiltshire | September 13, 2019 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 0 Comments

New Zealand Rides – IBA Ride Verification – Application Form.

by Chris Wiltshire | April 26, 2022 | | 0 Comments

For applications lodged after 1st May, 2022 new options and prices (below) will apply. If you have completed an IBA Ride in New Zealand, you are welcome to send your ride application through to the New Zealand and Australian IBA verification email address here:...

Our entry for the IBR-2023 has been accepted!

by Chris Wiltshire | March 26, 2022 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 4 Comments

It's been a fairly busy and full on start to the year so far; work was busy through Jan and Feb for both Stella and myself, leading up to leaving for the South Island on the 16th Feb for 2.5 weeks to attend the TT2000 Long Distance Motorcycle...

Introducing ‘IBA-Ride Bonus-Bombing’

by Chris Wiltshire | March 23, 2022 | Motorcycling | 1 Comment

You may never had heard of this, and you'd be forgiven because it's new, we just made it up. Here's what it's all about: Last weekend I was following a friend's (Doug Vance's) IBA Ride on his SpotWalla track as he rode a BBG - Spring Equinox ride in the USA. Having...

Content to email for an IBA NI1600 certificate

by Chris Wiltshire | November 3, 2021 | Motorcycling | 0 Comments

PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THIS INTO AN EMAIL, COMPLETE IT AND THEN SEND TO: support@ibapremier.zohodesk.com Subject: NI1600 Ride Application (**your name**, NZ - SS1600K) For what ride are you applying: SaddleSore 1600K - New Zealand NI1600 Date of ride start: 9-Oct-2021...

Auckland – Super-City Gold – 29 Oct 2021

by Chris Wiltshire | October 29, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 0 Comments

Planning / Background The IBA have an In-State series, and as a sub-part of that, they also list an 'In-City' series too. These tend to be one-offs done by special nut-jobs who are happy to ride around a single city for 24 hours, riding the minimum certifiable...

IBA ANZAC Day Ride – 2021

by Chris Wiltshire | April 23, 2021 | Motorcycling | 0 Comments

So, Stella said she'd like to ride an ANZAC Day Ride - So planning has been made simpler by her being happy to re-do the 2018 ANZAC ride, which was my last IBA ride on the R1... The ANZAC Day Ride is a special IBA ride which can only be done in Australia or New...

Julian’s Ride Around the Top Paddock – Attempt #1

by Julian Boyd | March 16, 2021 | Uncategorised | 1 Comment

By guest writer: Julian Boyd (15th March 2021) Track link: https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=25b3f604436e67d30b&hoursPast=0&showAll=yes After a good night's sleep in Wellington, I set off just after 10am from the downtown BP and picked up my first...

My Ride Around the Top Paddock…

by Chris Wiltshire | January 22, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 6 Comments

Background / Prep There have been other posts about this ride, the thinking behind it and the job of getting the ride approved by the IBA. - I'll not cover that same ground again here, this is intended to be a ride report and to go a little into the preparation...

Ride Around the Top and Bottom Paddocks – They’re official! 🙂

by Chris Wiltshire | January 18, 2021 | Major Posts, Motorcycling | 0 Comments

I would like to start by thanking both Howard Entman, and Mike Kneebone of the IBA for their support through this process and their virtually unending patience with me. 🙂 - Also to Julian Boyd for his amazing die hard efforts in helping us to get these rides proven....

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