Terminology

• KML file:
• GPX file:

Obtaining the Data

There's a couple options here

Driving the route

Some teams actually drive the route in order to get their own GPS data.

Drawing the route

We can use Google My Maps and the route book, and trace the route manually.

I find the easiest way to do this is to create a new layer that contains all the cities and landmarks that the route takes you through, and then using the route overview image as a reference to approximately route your path. Then, you have to follow the route manually and make any corrections as needed.

Downloading it

The easiest way is just finding a reliable source and pulling it directly.

Note: As it turns out, the ASC 2018 tracker website directly embeds the KML file in the tracker, which makes this super easy.

var kmlLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer("https://fleet.iosix.com/solar/ASC2018.kml", {
  //suppressInfoWindows: true,
  preserveViewport: false,
  map: map
});

We can just download this KML file, and then perform all our analysis on it.