London: Day 2

It has been hot here today. It was nice to see lots of London. Should get some photos up. In model news i have yet to hear anything from google about "the five".

Wedding!!!

I made it to London and got great photos of the wedding :oD

One more day

Then its London :oD I have not done anything model related today. I was hoping to hear back from Google about the five models of the wall that are missing. But nothing. I might get an update about it all tomorrow all been well :o)

Getting close now

I got the Strensall church done and now feel a bit wiped out. Only two more days till London :oD

St Mary the Virgin, Strensall

Should be finished by tomorrow night. I got a small Methodist chapel done earlier then got distracted by the Muppets treasure island :op

Yesterday’s big ride

I went for a 40 mile trip yesterday in the sun. I managed to photograph about 13 buildings but think I will only make 12. Even then its tricky to say as it was sunny by the end of it so I might just hold off doing some. I made one church last night. That was St Helen & the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton. This makes my model count to 200 now. How ever I will only be at 198 due to two models not been in Google earth so I still have a way to go before the 250 badge. It dose feel a lot closer now. Today I managed to get the church of St Martin, Bulmer and just now All Saints, Huntington. I might get another done tonight. Bellow is the stats from the ride.

40 Miles Covered
3 Hours 22 minuets
20.0 mph Average speed
69 mph Max speed

390 ft Max Elevation

9.0% Max Slope Up

12.1% Max Slope Down
12 Models photographed
1 Fixed up I-Pod, Bust the headphones this time!

Happy St Georges Day

I actually managed to sleep well getting about 9 hours sleep. I have not done much today just some more voluntary work. I came home and it got cloudy so should have gone off on the bike. It will be my plan for tomorrow as they say it should be cloudy all day. If I do go and it looks like it will be cloudy for a long time I might push the 60 mile and over 20 models photographed.

Restless night

I have a feeling tonight’s going to be a hard one. I got back to my volunteering job today and that’s made me have a lot on my mind so now I don’t think I will get to sleep. In turn this could be bad as tomorrow looks like it could be a nice dull day for getting photos for more models. In other news I got 9 models on Google earth. Still nothing back about the five round Micklegate Bar.

The next big ride

I might just have a huge ride coming up on Saturday. It’s all down to weather so I doubt it. If I don’t go riding I will get more to the website done.

Roasting

I haven’t done anything modeling wise today. Its been way to hot and sunny and yet more to come :op

Working on other bits

It’s been another sunny day out and seen as I was off work I lounged about at home. This lead me to start a bit of a re development to my website. It’s a bit hit and miss right now with all the pages looking very much the same. It’s going to be better in the coming week. I just need to add more content.

In other news I have petitioned Google about the five bits of wall round Micklegate Bar with the text I put on the group chat. Nobody seems to have noticed that or care so we shall see what Google say.

Sunny day

I managed to get a lot of gardening done at work today. Then I got lucky with some light clouds so managed to take photographs for three churches. Two of which have been done already! I am now a bit wiped out :op I have tomorrow off and it looks like another sunny day so probably no more photo taking. I might have a go at the other church which is Bishopthrorp but it’s a tricky one so we will have to wait and see…

Plotting

Not like to blow the houses of parliament up. Instead I have been plotting out all the churches in Google earth that I will add to my model collection. I would say over 200 buildings not all churches have been added. It seems a rather huge amount covering miles and miles of countryside. I also worked on my zoning. I have a boundary which I won’t go over for modeling this year. That’s zone 6, zone 1 is the city center, zone 2 is the ring road, and zone 3 is the county line. That just leaves 4 and 5. They are just a bit jagged right now and could move. Anywhos moving on to tomorrow all been well I plan to get three maybe four churches after work.

A tale of 5 churches

I got up really early today and went to the car boot down by the race course then got home to model like never before. I have managed to make 5 of the 6 churches that I got photographs for the other day. I now have done, St Nicholas, Askham Bryan, St Mary, Askham Richard, St John the Baptist, Healaugh, St James, Bilbrough and St Paul, Colton. I only have photographs of Copmanthorp left so tomorrow all been well weather wise I plan to go biking up North to gather some more photographs.

St Oswald's, Fulford

Got finished today. I have uploaded my photos from yesterday’s trip. Not sure when I will get round to making them as I have a plan to do another trip this Sunday.

Yesterday’s busyness

I had work from 8 till 1pm then went on a 30 mile ride. I got about 7 models photographed then had a night out. When I got home BT decided that the would cut the internet off so I didn’t have time to do this blog :op I got another 9 models into Google earth how ever the 5 bits of wall got taken out! Not impressed.

A new trip?

I plan to go biking after work to get some new photos for making models. It comes to weather again but fingers crossed. Also it looks like I might be going to London again for the wedding and get a holiday at the same time :oD

Time for a nap

Work really tired me out again today and there is more to come so I don’t know how the models will come along. I got another up today. I get the photos for it months ago now. I have started a pub in Fulford. Its not going to be amazing as the back is tricky. It will most likely be on by tomorrow. Now time for bed.

Five small models vs. one big model

Over the last 6 months I have been having a bit of a battle with Google over some models. The battle involves my models of “York City Walls” vs. another person’s model. It comes down to that the other modeller has done one big model and mine are five small models. Google have asked me to join me bits together to make one big model. I just don’t agree with this.

My main reason is that in Google’s own modelling criteria it says that “Models should not include more than one discrete structure each”. This was why I have split my models into five. Having the five over one big model makes it more interactive for a user in Google earth. It allows the user to click on each tower and wall section individually and pull up information about that individual section of the wall.

In the end what is better? Interactive models over five small models or one big model?

To support and help with this debate here are some links.

This is a link to the York City Wall’s Collection…

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/cldetails?mid=dd6cd6fb26607db818ec36bc77997e83&ct=mdcc

This is a link to the big model…

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=1c17cc8f0a480a98c218f098f051447f

Theses five are the models contested with Google. ..

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=62aedfd521b878dd4388c8308e9f902a

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=19fc6b7929e8dfa2f79fc185398b8311

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d1c52a8720d680f4f79fc185398b8311

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=d80d0e4926d35a0bf79fc185398b8311

http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f32222a82bdf8f63f79fc185398b8311

Reviews

I can’t believe that my St Leonard’s has 10 reviews already! I have been rather pushy today in getting more people to review my models. Mostly the Minster, how ever I noticed that the art gallery’s had over 1000 people look at it!!! I improved the textures a bit more to it. I think tomorrow all been well I shall get some photographs of Fulford church. Weather permitting!

St Leonard's Hospital

As it was sunny yesterday I did not go for a ride. Nor can I today as its again to sunny to go out. Instead I worked on St Leonard's Hospital. I took the photos back in January as it’s a part of the wall. Just I didn’t feel confident at doing it. Now with all my small church knowledge I feel a lot better at working the model and photos. It’s a nice small model to and will be nice to see live. It will also look nice once the library is done. I was going to do it but another person has started it so I will leave it. All been well this Tuesday I will be out riding as I have a day off work and its meant to be good weather.

Tomorrows mission

As its finally the weekend I have been sorting out a new SketchUp cycle mission. Just sadly it looks like it will be very sunny out in the morning. I plan to go to the car boot sale down at the race course then that might be it for the day.

A funny 101

I have managed to do 101 blogs now :op I think it needs the name changing to be more “my Sketchup talking” then the walls. I have been plotting out this weekends ride and the weekend after that as well as doing a model for a friend in America so look out for that once I get it done. Its hard to do a building you have never seen. I thought there would be a 3D layer upload today but nothing yet so maybe in the morning,

Stunned

A close friend died last week and its left me stunned. I got the final building done from last weekend’s trip. I have sort of been thinking what to get this weekend but the deaths shocked me a lot.

Not Impressed Again

I managed to get the farm house sorted at Wharram Percy. I have been working on a church in North Grimston. I should be abele to get that one by tomorrow night. I have been pondering about getting some new church photos tomorrow. I don’t know yet as tonight Google have told me they are taking down my bit of wall by Micklegate Bar again!!! I need to come up with a good come back to this as its really getting annoying now!

Worked out

I managed to get the Wharram Perry church done and uploaded. It looks really good! I am now in a bit of a jam as I have a course work hand in to do tomorrow and that’s got the better of me. It in turn its fried my brain! I should how ever get the Wharram Perry farm house sorted soon.

Yesterdays mission

So far so good. I got up and dint feel to stiff. I have made another new church as well as finishing one I started last week. I have started on St Martin's in Wharram Percy. It might take some time as it’s a ruined building. I would also like to make a nice job of it.

Thighs of steal

I coved 55 miles today on a truly epic bike ride! It started out wet and dark but then got better. To the point it got to sunny to take photographs of models so I headed home. I have already built one and uploaded it. I should get the others done in the coming week.

Itinerary

It’s now less then 12 hours before I set off on the grates Sketchup Cycle Mission. I have plotted out a rout which comes to about 40 miles. That’s just putting a line from A to B. I believe it could be shy of 60 miles! It all comes down to if the weather holds. Right now they are saying it will rain round 10ish. In the itinerary of the day I will be heading off to Warren Percy deserted medieval village. There is an old ruined church there and a farm building which I intend to do. Then the road then heads west and I clock three churches. I am not sure about there name. I head over to Kirkham Priory. I don’t intend to do that but might get the bridge there. Then it’s a big climb up Whitwell Hill to get the church up there and one in the village of Crambe. It’s a lovely down hill from there and possibly another church down then bottom. Finishing by getting the textures for the church in Bossall and home. It’s going to be an interesting day.