Global Positioning Systems

Sport has been an enthusiastic adopter of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology.

Rob Aughey (2011) has provided a brief history of GPS. He notes that a first attempt "to validate a commercially available GPS device (GPS 45, Garmin) for the measurement of human locomotion"was made in 1997.

Recommended Reading

Aughey, R. J. (2011). Applications of GPS technologies to field sports. International Journal of Sports Physiology & Performance, 6(3), 295-310.

Coutts, A. J., & Duffield, R. (2010). Validity and reliability of GPS devices for measuring movement demands of team sports. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 13(1), 133-135.

Links

Citi Bike GPS data (2014)

Where do Citi Bikers ride? When do they ride? How far do they go? Which stations are most popular? What days of the week are most rides taken on? Now we are happy to provide the data sets to help you discover the answers to these questions and more. We invite developers, engineers, statisticians, artists, academics and other members of the interested public to use the data we provide for analysis, development, visualization and whatever else moves you.

An example: Citi Bike Rides September 17th and 18th 2013.