Sam Vekemans

Location: Canada
Time on Bikemap: Member since 11/14/2009

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Sam Vekemans

I enjoy life, and continue each day to live it to it's fullest :) ... I keep my self busy with things going on. ... I'm an Avid cyclist, but more so excited about my current project, and look forward to Cycling across Canada in 2010.

I have 2 types of contributions. The 1st is the information from Trans Canada Trails www.tctrail.ca where the information is copyrighted non-commercial use only. see http://www.tctrail.ca/disclaimer.php This is unfortunate that the organization uses this licence, becuase it means that anyone who wants to build maps using the TCT data needs to pay or get permission for using it, rather than just making the info free use use (copyright creative-commons attribution only). Therefore, ALL information that is shown as sourced from the tctrail.ca website MUST be taken with 'a grain of salt' and it's better to trust other contributors tracks instead of these 'Official' tracks. Using OpenStreetMap / OpenCycleMap & GoogleMaps / Bicycle map as a Guide will be of great benifit.

The 2nd type of contribution is with the raw GPS tracks, note that these INCLUDE origional elevation information and date/time stamps. These are copyrighted - Public Domain but Attribution is requested (so people know who to ask for clarification)

FINALLY NOTE Once (IF) the Trans Canada Trail Foundation wakes up to the idea of freely sharing information, i will remove the tracks as they become duplicated.

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Proposed Acrtoss Canada Trails - Paved Route Burnaby to Hope

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Proposed Acrtoss Canada Trails - Paved Route Burnaby to Hope

Cycling route in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This is the proposed route so far from the bridge to Hope, BC Highway 7 is the perfered route (from experience) as it is much quiter and still direct. The route out of the city, follows along regional cycle routes According to OpenCycleMap it looks like the 'Central Valley Greenway' might be a…

141.9 km
Distance: 963 m
Ascent: 967 m
Descent

Cranbrook to Kimberley Rail Trail Currently Open CLONED FROM ROUTE 508718

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Cranbrook to Kimberley Rail Trail Currently Open CLONED FROM ROUTE 508718

Cycling route in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada

New Paved Rails to Trails ... this is a copy of it..

19.6 km
Distance: 155 m
Ascent: 234 m
Descent

Day 009 Cycling Nanaimo area (virtual bike across Canada tour)

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Day 009 Cycling Nanaimo area (virtual bike across Canada tour)

Cycling route in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

I wanted to (virtually) explore the trails/routes that are currently in OSM, and best for the paved road cyclist. My bike can handle both very well, so tommorow i'm going to try the extention ridge trail and make it to Cassidy then back to nanimo along the rotary route a bit. I wanted to show …

70.2 km
Distance: 728 m
Ascent: 728 m
Descent