Segway Friendly Locales (incl. establishments and geographies) Database

[Sal]

EDIT: PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING SITE FROM NOW ON: Florin was gracious enough to set up a professional wiki!

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwaywiki


All that is stated below is no longer valid. Thanks
*****

First off, I'm not a professional and it shows... but I thought I'd take the initiative to set up a user editable (public) wiki/database of sorts where we can all add information about our parts of the US/World.

http://www.protopage.com/segfriendly

PLEASE READ THE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY... It's easy, but take your time and keep the look and consistency going.

This uses protopage.

(Safari is not supported as of yet)

-Sal

P.S. If you have improvements which won't ruin the integrety of the information and usability have at it. I started it, but now it's in your hands. I thought it would be useful

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[Sal]

I don't know if there's a way to keep this topic on top so it won't get buried when new posts arrive.

I think it would be a great help to many who called for an input device such as this to catalog Segway Friendly places.

-Sal

Pam, Frank, anyone?

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[pam]

I can make it sticky.
Pam

[Sal]

Thanks Pam, of course, if people think the database is a waste, then by all means remove the "glue" from this post! LOL

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[florin]

Hi Sal,

I took a look at the wiki, but I'm lost. It says to look at Indiana as an example, but when I click on indiana nothing happens, even after I logged on I still can't click on indiana.

I'm using internet explorer, I assume that your wiki supports IE.

Personally I find the current layout a bit chaotic, everywhere you have little windows, it's confusing for me where to start navigating.

Personally I have good experiences with MediaWiki (http://www.mediawiki.org) as a user, that one is quit user friendly and self explaining.


Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[Sal]

Check the contents. The outline of how the page is set up is quite clear. Indiana is not a link, but states to go to page 6, like in a book.

-Sal

All the GNU software packages are Greek to me. :-(

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[Desert_Seg]

Sal,

UAE posted, will be adding Egypt later this month as well as Morocco.

I also made some cosmetic changes to the page....in an effort to make it more readable. If you don't like tell me and I'll go back and change it back.

Steven

--- EAMUS CATULI! ---

No person is truly useless. They may always serve as a bad example!

[florin]

OK, now it makes sense. Isn't it possible to make the names clickable.

I also noticed that you cleaned things a bit up, it looks better now.

I think I can get MediaWiki up and running on my website, if you want I can give it a try. Just take a look at WikiPedia and see if you like the way it works. If you like it, then let me know and I will give it a try to get it up-and-running on my website. If it's OK for Frank/Pam I can even give it a try to give it the same look as the current SC website has. Then it can become a part of this website.

Personally I would like to see the wiki broader, not just seg-friendly info, but also summaries/conclusions of things which has been discussed at this website, like for example a segway key making tutorial for people who are new to key making.


Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[wwhopper]

DCSEG is building its website these days, and this is the perfect kind of content for SEG sites.

Where is it encouraged to glide. As an avid glider, I would rather give my money to a business that supports me, than one that shuns me.

Good work Sal!

Will W Hopper
DCSEG Member
SEG America
The Premier Gliding Organization!
http://www.SEGAmerica.org
Washington DC - The Most Segway Friendly City in America!

[Sal]

Steve:

Thanks, it looks great!!! Thanks for putting the effort in to improve it, yes, now it's a lot more readable.

That was the first time I had used Protopage, so it was a hoot to work on something new for about an hour. LOL

Florin:

If I had a PC, and knew anything about the back-end wiki apps, I'd be head first onto the wiki style of information management. I prefer wikipedia over protopage any day because it's established (whereas AJAX;protopage is new), and because editing on wikis is much more back end web, rather than using JAVA/AJAX which depend on browser connections, etc.

So if there's a way for you to get the already posted information fro the current segfriendly site onto a wiki style database up and running on your site, and when that's done, tell me and I'll put a referrer link on to the ptotopage site, so people can remember a simple web address, I'm all for it!

I love this community!

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[florin]

quote:Originally posted by salkulkarni
If I had a PC, and knew anything about the back-end wiki apps, I'd be head first onto the wiki style of information management. I prefer wikipedia over protopage any day because it's established (whereas AJAX;protopage is new), and because editing on wikis is much more back end web, rather than using JAVA/AJAX which depend on browser connections, etc.

So if there's a way for you to get the already posted information fro the current segfriendly site onto a wiki style database up and running on your site, and when that's done, tell me and I'll put a referrer link on to the ptotopage site, so people can remember a simple web address, I'm all for it!

I love this community!

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003


It's brand independant, it works on Windows, Linux, Mac, etc. Although you need to have several things installed before you get started. Give me a few days and I will come back with the results.


Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[florin]

Hi Sal (and the rest),

Wiki is up-and-running, please take a look (and at content) at: http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwaywiki

All Segway Friendly City info is copied into the Segway Wiki.

Have fun with it !



Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[Sal]

Florin! THAT ROCKS!!!!!!!!

Man, I'd love to get some Web tutorials from you!

I'd love to set up a wiki like this on my personal webspace to keep in touch with friends and family.

If you have any tips, I'd greatly appreciate it. email me through my profile page on this site if you wish!

Thanks for your hard work! Again, it's GREAT!

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[florin]

Hi Sal,

You're welcome.

No problem to explain, but first check if your webspace includes PHP and MySQL. If it does, then let me know and I will make a little tutorial on the Wiki. You're probably not the only one who's interrested in it.


Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[Sal]

Yes, my webspace does include those two protocols.

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[florin]

quote:Originally posted by salkulkarni

Yes, my webspace does include those two protocols.

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003


Then you are a lucky man my friend :D

Check out: http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwaywiki/index.php/How_to_set_up_your_own_Wiki


Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[Sal]

Segway Friendly on Protopage is no longer supported now that we have Florin's WIKI:

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwaywiki

Please go there instead. I have changed the old protopage splash page to reflect this.

-Sal

___________
I considered atheism, but there were too few holidays

Segway Chat Member since July 2003
Segway Owner since August 2003

[Mr_Laurenzano]

Sweet!!!
Crash

Segway-
Half the speed of a car,
Twice as Smart.
www.centralcoastsegwave.com

[florin]

quote:Originally posted by Mr_Laurenzano

Sweet!!!
Crash

Segway-
Half the speed of a car,
Twice as Smart.
www.centralcoastsegwave.com


I know you like short messages, but can you provide a bit more details on the "chrash" part? From here everything seems to be working fine.


Kind regards,

Florin
The Gliding Dutchman

http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6abf24c822.jpg (http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac1e75530.jpg (http://yellowarrow.net/gallery.php?tagname=florin) http://www.florin-webdesign.nl/segwayinfo/uploads/img43a6ac0910600.jpg (http://glidingdutchman.spreadshirt.net)

[Mr_Laurenzano]

back in the day Zorbra gave me that knickname after testing a set of gladiators out here in california. I was working a nursing job NOCs in SLO we use to talk alot cell phone fees and all. Nice job on the wiki!!!
Tony
Ynot
Crash

Segway-
Half the speed of a car,
Twice as Smart.
www.centralcoastsegwave.com

[Mr. Protocol]

Let me jump in and say that I'd like to encourage everyone to jump onto Florin's Wiki and populate the "Segway-friendly" section. It's a very valuable resource, if you're thinking you might like to haul your Segway along on vacation to some other locale. Segways, for example, are quite welcome and quite handy around Santa Monica/Venice in Southern California, and I've put in a big fat entry saying so, together with a few local caveats.

[rollercoaster117]

where do you get segways the cheapest
?

[pam]

The cheapest is usually a scam. Particularly on ebay. If you want a Segway, you need to really do a lot of research. Sometimes dealers will have used HTs that are less expensive than new ones. If you choose to go the ebay route, then there are several questions to ask - can you pick it up and pay at the time of pick up is usually a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Pam

[wwhopper]

From the DC SEG Yahoo Chat Site - Posted by jlespinal

This week, I found a Segway friendly restaurant in Arlington last
week. I met a friend there for lunch and when I arrived I asked if I
could bring my Segway in with me. The receptionist asked the boss and
he said sure. I parked it up against to wall next to our table and
enjoyed some excellent Cheese and Onion Enchiladas for $7.95. I don't
know if they would let a bunch of Segways, inside but 2 or 3 would
probably be OK.

If you are in the area, support this Segway Friendly Restaurant even
if you don't come by Segway

The place is called:

El Paso Café 4235 N Pershing Dr, Arlington, VA 22203
Telephone (703) 243-9811

Pershing Drive is just North of Arlington Blvd (HW 50) and the
restaurant is just west of Glebe Road.

[wwhopper]

Panera Bread - Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase MD

Chevy Chase
4459 Willard Avenue
Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Tel: (301) 951-5858
Fax: (301) 951-0084

http://www.panerabread.com/Map.aspx?LocationId=224

Hosted DCSEG for an upgrade session, they were great, let us even take over a landline to run the upgrade machine!

Big Thanks to them!

Talk to your local Panera Bread and see if they are willing to let you glide in.

[florin]

I noticed that there is quit a lot of SPAM on the WIKI. I will have to check if there is a way to block this.

Otherwise we might have to find a way to incorperate a WIKI into the vbulletin system that we have here at Segwaychat.

[florin]

I checked all the pages, they are now all clear from SPAM.

Somehow they like to register their self but don't authenticate their user account which makes the wiki remove the SPAM (as far as I can see, I'm not an WIKI expert )

If you find any spam on the wiki, please let me know by sending me an e-mail. Then I can see what I can do to further block it.

[Jman44]

There seems to be more spam. I added Nevada to the list.

[florin]

There seems to be more spam. I added Nevada to the list.

I know, it's quit annoying. I'm looking into a better solution, preferable integrated into SegwayChat, but I haven't found a solution yet.

[n1iic]

I was looking to add information on New Hampshire, and I wanted to format it correctly. When I went to the help page, there were ads for all the popular drugs.
It would be a great feature if there is a way to use the vBulletin userbase as the userbase for the wiki.

[pam]

I'm not sure they'd want to use our userbase - maybe our active members (i.e. has posted x number of posts), if it could be done that way. I spend a great deal of my time trying to weed out spammers - we must get hit with 10-20 a day trying to set up accounts. I delete all the really obvious ones (all the ones with s*e*x*X*X in their user names:p) but the only other option I have is to approve everyone I'm not sure up and put them all on moderation until I see what kinds of posts they post. I've just about got 3 DNS names figured out as the main problems. But, to pull this back to the thread, I would suggest that IF we can use the vBulletin database, it be only people who have posted x number of posts.

Pam

[gbrandwood]

I'm thinking of adding something like this to my campaign website so that stores, malls, attractions, etc., can be listed. I'm thinking of going one step further and inviting such places to formally accept a position of Segway friendliness:-

Gold - you can glide in-store with charging available
Silver - you're welcome to push your seg around, charging available
Bronze - you can push your seg around the store.
(something along these lines)

Does it sound feasible to you guys? Is it something I can integrate into the Wiki?

[kitto]

Funny, I had a similar idea recently and set up my wiki, too. It would be great to be able to know, ahead of time, how Segway friendly a place might be.

I just discovered this forum recently, even after owning a couple Segs for the past few years.

My segway pages (open wiki) are here: http://www.metakitto.com/doku.php?id=segway:segway, along with the smallest beginnings of a list of cities, private property, etc.

This is not intended to take away from anybody else's efforts... just getting the information out there anywhere and in any form is great, so we can search for it when we need it.

[jgbackes]

I thought it would be easier if each city had its own page. I hope this doesn't mess anybody up.

Please check the California area for details

jeff

[Suzined]

Just got off the phone with Frontier's Customer Service. They will take Segways with NiMH batteries. So add Frontier to your list of Good Guy Airlines.

[bud01234]

None of the links work, so shouldn't it be removed?

[florin]

None of the links work, so shouldn't it be removed?

It's as dead as it can be. My wiki was getting a lot of spam. Until we find something better, I suggest you use the map with it's features on the Segway Social website.

[C3RS]

a better link for the first post can be this... http://www.frappr.com/segwayowners :)

[wwhopper]

To get this information current and posted on this site using the other tools on the net.

If anyone is interested in helping, pm me on this site.

[PaulDV]

I'd be willing to help resurrect this feature, providing hosting and the web software.

If you guys are interested, please let me know.

Cheers,
Paul.

[KSagal]

I'd be willing to help resurrect this feature, providing hosting and the web software.

If you guys are interested, please let me know.

Cheers,
Paul.

Paul,

I think it would be nice to have a database to check when people go on vacation or travel for work. At this point, it is fairly hard to figure out where are segway friendly locations away from your own home area...

Good luck.

[PaulDV]

Hi Karl,

I agree, a database (however implemented) would be of use to all.

Does anyone here have such a database, perhaps from one of the afore-mentioned websites which have been taken down? I'd like to have something to work with and see if I can breath some life into it.

Cheers,
Paul.

[Bob.Kerns]

Perhaps if you provide a simple REST/JSon API, you could interest Segway dealers and tour operators in embedding it into their sites?

This might drive contributions and usage, general awareness and visibility (which might have a positive impact on the general state of Segway-friendliness) -- and perhaps they might even be persuaded to kick in to help cover the hosting. (Which can be done pretty cheaply these days).

A bit of sample HTML/scripting, that they can customize to integrate with the look of their site

[PaulDV]

Thanks for the suggestions Bob.

I would love to raise awareness and the public perception of Segways and would like to construct a site that would act as a hub for all things Segway, where people interested in Segways can go to and from there find out or participate in subjects to do with Segways.

I've seen the Segway Social site and, perhaps I'm not using it right but it doesn't seem very user friendly and doesn't seem to have that much information on it - certainly not enough for me to want to frequent it a lot.

I would like to create a site which has links to forums (this one being the main one of course - probably embedded in the site - but also with links to others that I am made aware of); Gareth Brandwood's Legalise Segways petition (I'm based in the UK so it'll probably have a distinctly UK slant to it); Segway Inc, of course,; Country-specific dealership list; country-specific tour operator list (possible ratings by customers at some point?); segway-related news; social website links (mainly for promos and advertising); user groups listing; events calendar (maybe allowing the promotion of informal gliding events to promote interaction between owners) as well as the afore-mentioned "Segway Friendly Zones" list. There could even be a stolen register for people to post to in a consistent format with the ability to update the status so that as and when stolen machines are located they can be removed from the list - hopefully a good resource for potential buyers to ensure that they're not buying a stolen machine.

I would also like to promote some sort of membership (free for individuals) and provide a membership level of "affiliate" (or something) for commercial operators which has a proviso that they cross-link prominently to us from their sites in exchange for their own "featured" link and personal page (think sponsored links on Google as a rough analogy) with them getting some sort of promotional material that they hand to all of their customers, be they buyers or day trippers, in order to encourage traffic to the site and all of the sites that link off of it (such as this forum and places that allow Segways to be used legally).

In short, somewhere for Segway owners and enthusiast to go to that they can feel at home with, and for potential Segway users to go to find out as much about these wonderful machines as they can in a positive and friendly environment and where they can go to experience them even more.

I realise that pretty much everything I've listed here is available out there on the net somewhere, but it is distributed across a vast array of sites, most of which never even crop up in Segway related searches and thus don't get the patronage they deserve, and I believe that having everything, if not in one place, then at least having a single reference point which leads to them all, would be of benefit to the Segway community.

I'm sure that when I have something up and running that it will be too big for just one person to manage so I would definitely be needing to enlist the help of a few enthusiastic members to take ownership of one or more features of the site and manage/administer them to keep them current and lively at some point.

Offers of help would be gratefully received, but first I need to get my hands on some content, so if anyone has data dumps for any of the sites previously used for the "Segway Friendly Zones" database, I would love to get a copy of them to analyse and see what I can do to formalise the information and present it in a user-friendly manner (I'm an IT bod who loves tinkering with this sort of stuff:)).

Cheers,
Paul.

[PaulDV]

Hi everybody! :)

I have a fledgling site in the works and I'm going to be needing some help and was wondering if anyone here would be able to chip in.

I'll need some access to the previous databases mentioned above in this thread - would someone be able to get the info to me or point me to where I can take the details from?

I would also like to display some images of all of the different types of Segway that have been available along with some stats. Would anyone be able to furnish me with them please? Full accreditation will be given for any images used.

If you can help I'm any way, please PM me and we can discuss further 'offline'.

Thanks,
Paul.

[KSagal]

Paul,

I am no webmaster, so I can offer little in the way of access to previous databases, but for your request about machines and stats, you may want to go to Segway Corporate and their website. I am sure you will see the latest images, at least. Perhaps a dealer in your area could give you some more historic data.

The problem with coming to a public forum like this for data along the lines of stats, you may get great information, or bad information, and you would have little way tell the difference.

Good luck, I look forward to seeing your results.

[PaulDV]

All good points Karl, thank you.

The Segway site only contains a few images of the current models, which may be enough to get me started, but I'll fire off an email to the company to see if they can supply images for previous models along with approx production dates as well.

I'm still working on the menu structure (and hence the structure of the site) at the moment, but once it's at a point that I'm happy with and I've got some sample content in every section, I'll be looking for people to trial it out and add more content before launching it properly, and I'll be happy to send you a link and get your feedback on it.

Cheers,
Paul

[PaulDV]

Just by way of an update:

Segway Inc have not replied to my requests for more info, nor have they responded to my request to use the word' segway' in my domain name (something which their standard terms prohibits without their permission).

I also, out of interest, responded to one of their many recent emails encouraging me to enquire about starting up my own Segway tour. Their response? A product catalogue from Segway UK advising me that while they would be happy to sell me a Segway, they are not legally allowed to be used in public places.

All in all, 1 out of 10 Segway! :mad:

[gbrandwood]

A product catalogue from Segway UK advising me that while they would be happy to sell me a Segway, they are not legally allowed to be used in public places.

All in all, 1 out of 10 Segway! :mad:
Did they send it through the post? If so, add another 0.5 to your score. If they emailed it, deduct 0.5 :p

[KSagal]

Did they send it through the post? If so, add another 0.5 to your score. If they emailed it, deduct 0.5 :p


I get email responses, and they do not annoy me as much as the response that only includes a link to somewhere else. Those do deduct at least 3/4!

[JM Wilber]

DCSEG is building its website these days, and this is the perfect kind of content for SEG sites.

Where is it encouraged to glide. As an avid glider, I would rather give my money to a business that supports me, than one that shuns me.

Good work Sal!

Will W Hopper
DCSEG Member
SEG America
The Premier Gliding Organization!
http://www.SEGAmerica.org
Washington DC - The Most Segway Friendly City in America!

Home Depot
Ontario convention center
Irwindale speedway
Los Angeles convention center
Shoreline village long beach
Farmers market (third & fairfax) los angeles
California
All the shops & stores & US Parks fed. rec. lands trails sidewalks everwhere, Hyatt Regency even poolside.
Sedona Grand Canyon trails sidewalks
Arizona
Alamo san antonio
Texas
moor to come

[JM Wilber]

DCSEG is building its website these days, and this is the perfect kind of content for SEG sites.

Where is it encouraged to glide. As an avid glider, I would rather give my money to a business that supports me, than one that shuns me.

Good work Sal!

Will W Hopper
DCSEG Member
SEG America
The Premier Gliding Organization!
http://www.SEGAmerica.org
Washington DC - The Most Segway Friendly City in America!

Home Depot
Ontario convention center
Irwindale speedway
Los Angeles convention center
Shoreline village long beach
Farmers market (third & fairfax) los angeles
California
All the shops & stores & US Parks fed. rec. lands trails sidewalks everwhere, Hyatt Regency even poolside.
Sedona Grand Canyon trails sidewalks
Arizona
Alamo san antonio
Texas

[BoscoBob]

I have often wished for a database of cities and locations "friendly" to Segways, and a way to disseminate that information to other gliders.

Has anyone contemplated using Google maps? They have a powerful interface and the ability to leave tags and routes (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Turner+Rd+SE&daddr=Talana+Ct+NW&hl=en&sll=44.951906,-123.078874&sspn=0.002389,0.003471&geocode=FbRRrQIdwDWr-A%3BFZbprQIdKfOp-A&t=h&dirflg=b&mra=ls&z=13&lci=bike). I think the best user interface would be something akin to what is being used here (http://www.geocaching.com/map/default.aspx?lat=45.01517&lng=-123.11962), a geocaching.com feature. A link to the route, a description of why it is great/horrible and any hazards.

I'm no computer whiz, so I'll leave it up to you young whippersnappers to implement this. :p

I can tell you that Salem, Oregon is (now) extremely friendly to Segways. After some dust-ups with a stupid cop and an insensitive WallyWorld Night Manager, the roads are now wide open to gliders. Additionally, with the money from the Economic Stimulus Package, Salem made EVERY curb corner in the city "ramped". What that means to me as a glider is that I can go anywhere in this city and never, ever have to deal with a curb.

Edit: Wanted to throw in a link for a possible glide (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Los+Olivos+Ave&daddr=37.7102101,-122.4880728+to:37.762834,-122.5100018+to:37.7698601,-122.4694823+to:Marine+Dr&hl=en&ll=37.707726,-122.541504&spn=0.241738,0.44426&sll=37.707726,-122.557297&sspn=0.241738,0.705872&geocode=FRRYPwIdCFSz-A%3BFYJpPwId-Pqy-Cl_DDJeVHyPgDFcusC-Li0saQ%3BFRI3QAIdT6Wy-CkxwdzplYeFgDGG74VGyHEscg%3BFYRSQAIdlkOz-ClnAC3gaYeFgDHZJYWlfUwjRg%3BFTfxQAIdBiiz-A&t=h&dirflg=b&mra=mrv&via=1,2,3&z=11&lci=bike). Not a real glide, but an example of what we could even do here. Have a "Recent Glides" page with a sticky, and we could post our glides and didactic on that page.

[PaulDV]

Hi Bob,

I've put up a facility for exactly this type of thing over at Segway Central: www.segwaycentral.net/gliding/glide-routes

There's only a couple of test routes uploaded for now but you should be able to get the idea.

Currently routes can be uploaded as GPX or KML files (many smartphone apps can create these using the in-built GPS). A newer version of the software I'm using should allow the drawing of routes directly onto a map but I don't have a release date for this yet.

Please feel free to have a play with the site and let me have your feedback as to what could be improved.

Re the database of glide-friendly places, I do have a fledgling database option for this on the site but its hidden from view right now as I haven't gotten around to finishing it yet. If people here can give me an idea of what they would like it to contain I'd be happy to spend some time putting it together for everyone to post their own entries.

I also have a half-written article on the legal status of segways around the world and need to find some time to finish it off. It's intended to be a work in progress with updates made as and when they are known. If that really is of use and people can furnish me with the necessary information then I'd be happy to put it all together and keep it as up to date as I can.

Regards,
Paul

[BoscoBob]

I was thinking that if there was simply a main category, here, "Friendly Locales and Glides". We could post something like this:

[Title]Portland, OR glide from Union Station to OMSI with a stop at Voodoo Donuts.

Here (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Portland+Union+Station,+United+States&daddr=45.522642,-122.6733604+to:OMSI,+Portland,+OR&hl=en&sll=45.51988,-122.667761&sspn=0.026762,0.055361&geocode=FZS2tgIduhmw-CkRaCNfVaeVVDFLcJFIFZPKPA%3BFdKetgIdMCew-CmNCo0mBwqVVDE7E9_R0V94GQ%3BFZVntgIdNESw-CHkN1IcNs7vyinRErHocgqVVDHkN1IcNs7vyg&oq=omsi&t=h&dirflg=b&mra=ls&via=1&lci=bike&z=14) is the glide. In the "directions" toolbar, you can scroll to "3D" and see the glide from ground level-ish perspective and see the terrain features. Be sure to stop at Voodoo and get their bacon maple bar donut. Here is the OMSI home page (http://www.omsi.edu/visit).

It's simple. The only change would be to establish a new category on the forum thread. Eventually, if there was a lot of input, subcategories for states and/countries could be established.

[KSagal]

I was thinking that if there was simply a main category, here, "Friendly Locales and Glides". We could post something like this:

[Title]Portland, OR glide from Union Station to OMSI with a stop at Voodoo Donuts.

Here (https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Portland+Union+Station,+United+States&daddr=45.522642,-122.6733604+to:OMSI,+Portland,+OR&hl=en&sll=45.51988,-122.667761&sspn=0.026762,0.055361&geocode=FZS2tgIduhmw-CkRaCNfVaeVVDFLcJFIFZPKPA%3BFdKetgIdMCew-CmNCo0mBwqVVDE7E9_R0V94GQ%3BFZVntgIdNESw-CHkN1IcNs7vyinRErHocgqVVDHkN1IcNs7vyg&oq=omsi&t=h&dirflg=b&mra=ls&via=1&lci=bike&z=14) is the glide. In the "directions" toolbar, you can scroll to "3D" and see the glide from ground level-ish perspective and see the terrain features. Be sure to stop at Voodoo and get their bacon maple bar donut. Here is the OMSI home page (http://www.omsi.edu/visit).

It's simple. The only change would be to establish a new category on the forum thread. Eventually, if there was a lot of input, subcategories for states and/countries could be established.

Great job. I did notice that the tour stops at a bus in front of the Museum of Science. I suspect that bus is actually your camper, and you have a box of donuts in it, making you the VooDoo Master yourself!

I think this (or something like it) could be a great aide for those who travel as tourists with their segways. Good luck with it.

[BoscoBob]

Great job. I did notice that the tour stops at a bus in front of the Museum of Science. I suspect that bus is actually your camper, and you have a box of donuts in it, making you the VooDoo Master yourself!

I think this (or something like it) could be a great aide for those who travel as tourists with their segways. Good luck with it.

Since I am still an FNG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FNG_syndrome) on the forums, I don't know how to set up a main header. If one of the more senior people could set that up, I'd be glad to add a number of glides in the Portland/Salem area.

And, no...no bus or camper for me (and, no Voodoo donuts until I take a few more pounds off my frame). My doctor put the kibosh on my driving and I no longer have a driver's license. For me, it's Segway or sit at home. Amtrak is a godsend. The take Segways on board and have zero issue with them. They even give a gimp-o discount (http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/ada). The nice thing about Amtrak is that most of the stations are right in town, so glides to and from the stations are easy.

[KSagal]

Since I am still an FNG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FNG_syndrome) on the forums, I don't know how to set up a main header. If one of the more senior people could set that up, I'd be glad to add a number of glides in the Portland/Salem area.

And, no...no bus or camper for me (and, no Voodoo donuts until I take a few more pounds off my frame). My doctor put the kibosh on my driving and I no longer have a driver's license. For me, it's Segway or sit at home. Amtrak is a godsend. The take Segways on board and have zero issue with them. They even give a gimp-o discount (http://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/ada). The nice thing about Amtrak is that most of the stations are right in town, so glides to and from the stations are easy.

I had to look up your FNG link. Very colorful! (I enlisted in Jimmy Carter's Army, and got out of Ronald Reagan's Army, so the term somewhat predates me, although I can only imagine it applied to me many time since then)

I do not know what you mean by setting up a main header. I can start a new thread, but not create a new forum with a topic. As far as a tab in the blue menu bar, that and the new forum have to be done by moderators or those with more privileges than me. (More knowledge as well)