tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193007322024-02-21T23:41:36.644-08:00WikiLoc's blogJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-21336917411912731432012-06-27T07:49:00.000-07:002012-06-27T07:50:55.276-07:00<br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.022214998956769705" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We're glad to announce the release of a much requested feature for the Android App: the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Search Pack, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the search service for Android to explore trails in wikiloc.com right from your Android. Discover trails near your location sorted by proximity or near your next destination. The Search Pack includes filters by activity, distance, elevation, difficulty and choices like “only loop trails”. You can also search by keyword, trail ID or your favorite trails.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">If you already have Wikiloc App on your Android, you must upgrade to the latest version (2.0) or </span><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wikiloc.wikilocandroid" style="background-color: white;">get it from Google Play</a><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Then you can</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/mobile/android.do" style="background-color: white;">get a Search Pack from wikiloc.com</a><span style="background-color: white;"> or directly from the App</span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br />
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.022214998956769705" style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We initially thought to offer the Search Pack for a limited time, say 1 month, 6 months or one year renewable. After consulting with several of you, we realized that if you buy the pack for a month and then for whatever reason (period of bad weather, personal problems, etc. ..) you can’t use it during that time you would have to pay again for renewing it, even without having used it. We agreed it'd be best to offer the service without a time limit and just pay for use. You'll have free access to search trails until you've reached the limit of downloads, each pack includes 100 trail downloads.</span></b><br />
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.022214998956769705" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, since attaching the Search Pack to a single smartphone was not convenient the Search Pack is associated with your user account at Wikiloc.com, so you can search and download trails from your smartphone or a friend phone by just signing in to your account.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can download trails from the web and transfer them to your Android, but we hope you'll find the Search Pack convenient and decide it's worth paying a few euros for it to discover and download trails in a simpler way and helping us out a bit so we can continue to improve Wikiloc.</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We know it's taken quite some time, so thanks for your patience and support.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hope you like it!</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">--</span><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jordi</span></b>Jordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-70194059580314608572012-02-29T08:05:00.000-08:002012-03-13T23:50:03.527-07:00Private messagingPrivate messaging, a much requested feature, is finally online. You can now contact directly another wikiloc user using the new button under his/her photo.<br />
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And we've added several outdoor activities including <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/trails/nordic-walking">nordic walking</a>, <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/trails/via-ferrata">via ferrata</a>, <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/trails/swimming">swimming</a> and <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/trails">more!</a><br />
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We keep working on improvements you've been asking for, stay tuned!<br />
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JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-15951931344401149972011-11-10T07:41:00.000-08:002011-11-10T10:09:31.894-08:00A new way to download Wikiloc's trails!!Throughout tomorrow and Saturday the Wikiloc's trail download system will experience some changes which will gradually get to all users. <span style="font-weight:bold;">We have created a new functionnality to directly connect Wikiloc with your Garmin GPS</span>. Read a little further down for details of this new feature. <br /><br />On the other hand, this new plugin has forced us to redesign the trail download interface. It's a redesign which does not affect the way we download trails and it's just a visual and interface update. From now on, when you download a trail a window will pop up with these three tabs:<br /><br />- <span style="font-weight:bold;">GPX:</span> with the current existing list of options for downloading in GPX format<br />- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Google Earth:</span> download in KML format for viewing on Google Earth<br />- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Garmin:</span> to create the connection with the Garmin Communicator plugin for direct download to your GPS<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFeuaOrtE3wtc_-aCMhLxP9jvriAKBg6PZzDtNyxfhQnSKHKwwB6xwErC1rBEobLo4orzsIlONdlbVSKu9nniScxPs3HOy_oVNoBpsX9wNetaBQIL_36bLZ6jqsy6Ppqj8HfPaw/s1600/Nueva-UI-downloads.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHFeuaOrtE3wtc_-aCMhLxP9jvriAKBg6PZzDtNyxfhQnSKHKwwB6xwErC1rBEobLo4orzsIlONdlbVSKu9nniScxPs3HOy_oVNoBpsX9wNetaBQIL_36bLZ6jqsy6Ppqj8HfPaw/s400/Nueva-UI-downloads.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673407699005191954" /></a><br /><br />But with the new plugin is where there's really a significant change. Let's go through the details.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wikiloc-Garmin Connection</span><br /><br />From now on it'll be even easier to download trails directly to your Garmin GPS. The new connection enables you to download and store trails straight to your gps, making the process much faster and easier to carry on.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0pENI3Dw4IWzAAs9rMNDMQsNcLJY_o3EqBjhpxtc8FcLnyH_HsaC0fV5KBChSm77DwN7Ytj6ltZYGYa_oW2HxRgxg415SiqioFwI6QKXzy5CS87YMIpMlOy3suDQfqf0VR-hmg/s1600/Plugin+W-G+-+download.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0pENI3Dw4IWzAAs9rMNDMQsNcLJY_o3EqBjhpxtc8FcLnyH_HsaC0fV5KBChSm77DwN7Ytj6ltZYGYa_oW2HxRgxg415SiqioFwI6QKXzy5CS87YMIpMlOy3suDQfqf0VR-hmg/s400/Plugin+W-G+-+download.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673407593267120530" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">How it works:</span><br />To download trails straight to your Garmin GPS follow these steps:<br /><ul><br /><li>Find a trail on Wikiloc and click on the Download link</li><br /><li>On the download window, select the Garmin tab</li><br /><li>Install the <a href="http://www8.garmin.com/products/communicator/">Garmin Communicator</a> plugin on your computer (if it's not already installed or if you have an older version)</li><br /><li>Make sure that the install process worked fine by going to the <a href="http://www8.garmin.com/products/communicator/test/">Garmin test page</a> (reboot if needed)</li><br /><li>Plug in your GPS to your computer</li><br /><li>Allow Wikiloc to communicate with your GPS</li><br /><li>Once the GPS is detected, click on Download (optionally, you can change the number of points the track can be downloaded as)</li><br /></ul><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Supported Platforms:</span> <br />The Wikiloc-Garmin connection will work on all platforms on which you can install the Garmin Communicator plugin. Currently those are:<br /><br />PC: PCs with Windows 7, XP or Vista and Internet Explorer 6 +, Firefox 1.5 + or Chrome<br />Mac: Intel or PowerPC G4 or later Mac OS 10.4 or later with Safari 2.0 +, Firefox 2.0 + or Chrome<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">We would like you to tell us how well this new connection works, if it's easy to use, if it brings up errors, etc... So we'll greatly appreciate your feedback!<br /></span>Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-20456683034724723412011-11-03T04:53:00.000-07:002011-11-03T04:57:13.100-07:00Wikiloc Downtime November 5th 2011On Saturday November 5, 2011 Wikiloc not available on Saturday from 22:00 GMT until 05:00 GMT the next day. You may not access or search for trails, upload them or use any of the Wikiloc's usual functionality. We will use this downtime in the service to improve the infrastructure and give more power to the system, which will result in faster loading pages and more room to store tracks and photos.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Wikiloc downtime:<br />from 22:00 GMT on Saturday November 5 <br />to 05:00 GMT on Sunday November 6</span><br /><br />Thank you,<br />Wikiloc TeamEdu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-9944273513301349422011-10-27T02:23:00.000-07:002013-05-15T03:08:28.719-07:00Wikiloc er nú fáanleg á íslensku!!!(Wikiloc is now available in Icelandic)<br />
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Thanks to the effort and great colaboration of Robert Beck, Wikiloc is now fully available in Icelandic! Robert is a heavy user of Wikiloc and has shared <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=robertbeck">many tracks of his own</a>. Thank you Robert, we appreciate your hard work!!<br />
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And just to show you one of the ton of Iceland's trails you can find on Wikiloc, here's a great route from <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=humall">humall</a> in one of the corners of this beatiful country<br />
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In the last few days on all search pages and listings of trails you have on the left side of the screen different filters that can be applied to fine-tune searches and quickly reach the trails you're interested in. The filters which can be applied are: <br />
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- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Loop trails or just one way</span> <br />
- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Trail distance</span> <br />
- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Type of activity </span><br />
- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Difficulty </span><br />
- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Origin of the track</span> (GPS, mobile, hand-drawn) <br />
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In addition to those new filters there's another feature added in the search results. Now these <span style="font-weight:bold;">results can be sorted according to three different criteria</span> : <br />
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- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Popularity</span> : the 'best' trail first (a 'best trail' means having a higher quality track, a good description and title, many visits, pictures and videos added, etc) <br />
- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Relevance</span> : first the trails with the search criteria in the title, description, etc. <br />
- <span style="font-weight:bold;">Upload date</span> : the latest added trails on top of the list <br />
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Also note that you can activate an <span style="font-weight:bold;">activity as the search criteria by the default in all searches</span>. That is, if you have set it up that you like climbing, on the searches you do (provided that you are logged in the system) will focus only on climbing trails, and the results will show up only this type of trails (you can then modify the criteria to broaden it up to more activity types). To set the default activity in searches you must select the activity on your user profile. <br />
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We hope this is going to help you find the best trails in the world!Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-90603956775314487972011-05-19T06:29:00.000-07:002011-05-19T07:50:05.918-07:00Wikiloc for iphone<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPS2CT87zZSfjPU0X7NHV74i9jErrBqZCZwAV_q3bPFXVrdWh1ypdPDfX4pDKHAvw5efFGt2IImDFXeof5OD5b54abtt9qQcVQ-0cbX0sdyJyQ1NwLGfIaegmIMn5_cCzVQFdZ5A/s1600/iphone-wikiloc.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 170px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPS2CT87zZSfjPU0X7NHV74i9jErrBqZCZwAV_q3bPFXVrdWh1ypdPDfX4pDKHAvw5efFGt2IImDFXeof5OD5b54abtt9qQcVQ-0cbX0sdyJyQ1NwLGfIaegmIMn5_cCzVQFdZ5A/s320/iphone-wikiloc.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600659312984461298" /></a><br />It took us a while, but we've got ready our <span style="font-weight:bold;">shiny new iphone application</span>!!!<br /><br />More and more you, outdoors lovers, get out there to practice your favourite sport with your favourite gadget to track your outings and share them with your friends afterwards. But we know that you always also carry your smartphone with you, and sometimes 2 devices is one device too many. Here's where the Wikiloc iphone app comes into play! With the new app you will be able ditch your heavy GPS and still track those amazing hiking routes you discover every weekend!<br /><br />So, what exactly can I do with the app? <br /><br />The Wikiloc app is a route tracker. This means it uses the iphone's built-in GPS to track your location, show it to you on a Google map and then store it so you can upload the full track into your Wikiloc account. So this will be very useful for any type of outdoor activities, but specially for the hikers, runners, bikers and all those who like to travel light. Another important feature is that you can take photos on the go and they will be uploaded together with the track. <br /><br />Here's some details on the features you can find in the app:<br /><ul><br /><li>Record your activities on the go and upload them to Wikiloc</li><br /><li>Take photos and upload them into the trail on Wikiloc</li><br /><li>Get stats (distance, speed, elevation,...) of the track</li><br /><li>Store your tracks on your phone for later upload</li><br /><li>Block the phone and keep it recording the trail</li><br /></ul><br />We have built the application following the 'Wikiloc philosophy': make it useful, make it simple. There are no instructions, nor a million configuration options. Just install it and start recording your activities. It's that simple! <br /><br />Remember also that if you have your Wikiloc account connected to your Facebook profile, the trail you have just done and uploaded into your account will show up on your Facebook wall instantly. Let the world know you worked out hard!<br /><br />And last, but not least, <span style="font-weight:bold;">the Wikiloc app is free</span>!! So go <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikiloc-free/id432102730?mt=8&ls=1#">get it on the app store</a> and let us know how do you like it! <br /><br />If you have any suggestions for improvements or have uncovered any bugs, head over to <a href="http://en.wikiloc.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=38">the forum and leave there some feedback for us</a>. We have improvements coming up but we'd like to know what's important for you to get it done first!<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikiloc-free/id432102730?mt=8&ls=1#">Download the Wikiloc iphone App now!</a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9sBSG76XXIo3R85hoK7dPS6_YmEhfG_iQMd5LIaMgBWHZ_5d_Dt0n-4f42tQmMU1PgXOFJvwk_XU256ZATZ0XOxCVhzOF0sSR3JQGlskXmaF4Y9AyoJwUID0POsvKeznT3RwkA/s1600/mzl.uqufyaju.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px; margin: 10px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9sBSG76XXIo3R85hoK7dPS6_YmEhfG_iQMd5LIaMgBWHZ_5d_Dt0n-4f42tQmMU1PgXOFJvwk_XU256ZATZ0XOxCVhzOF0sSR3JQGlskXmaF4Y9AyoJwUID0POsvKeznT3RwkA/s400/mzl.uqufyaju.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600658502460920834" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJspFzoWusS4CNru6WuQmNnFADcav_ozuxACks2PWwTvKbWsFWydl5sPuyLXcoXduzk1duPridwiu80aClzCUVjctX65O2RVrRYdiAVFO1CsJ_FgEpqmzz3lgC0BXKhTg-d60Xg/s1600/mzl.nbvticmb.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;margin: 10px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJspFzoWusS4CNru6WuQmNnFADcav_ozuxACks2PWwTvKbWsFWydl5sPuyLXcoXduzk1duPridwiu80aClzCUVjctX65O2RVrRYdiAVFO1CsJ_FgEpqmzz3lgC0BXKhTg-d60Xg/s400/mzl.nbvticmb.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600658428211625954" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4klc6dIaEsKhvJeIJN84iQDpVdYmj3gItGKp8s489tv9r-P2GDdN3j0IVa4yzKoGJVdCERVK4QeSTc7aQ9AbsTzleAu7c0Z82DgUeGyP8TteQd5PPDZ2f8T0yBWP9270bNPtPiA/s1600/mzl.cgtbrbxm.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;margin: 10px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4klc6dIaEsKhvJeIJN84iQDpVdYmj3gItGKp8s489tv9r-P2GDdN3j0IVa4yzKoGJVdCERVK4QeSTc7aQ9AbsTzleAu7c0Z82DgUeGyP8TteQd5PPDZ2f8T0yBWP9270bNPtPiA/s400/mzl.cgtbrbxm.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600658325050343474" /></a>Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-90807446248520564152011-04-28T09:39:00.000-07:002011-05-09T09:05:10.333-07:00Wikiloc Helps Writing BooksWe all turn to Internet to find places, trails and info for our outdoor outings. But let's not forget there's invaluable info not available in digital format. There are thousands of books that might be your best chance to find what you need for your next trip into the wild. <br /><br />And it doesn't have to be just one media or the other. And the proof that mixing both worlds is a great idea is on these two books:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsdP040pyu9mE3MPqyr6ALA4fR8pu4fzfuNsrNMB4HWwM_O28dg8m-1iqvwAtO6JNSQ5kFTWnMk_X3K5L4rmUnFRQdTUaMyvVt4lMlLXUOxHme4M_IWK_KCC__v31LU_f82vi2Q/s1600/hudson-valley-gps-hiking.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsdP040pyu9mE3MPqyr6ALA4fR8pu4fzfuNsrNMB4HWwM_O28dg8m-1iqvwAtO6JNSQ5kFTWnMk_X3K5L4rmUnFRQdTUaMyvVt4lMlLXUOxHme4M_IWK_KCC__v31LU_f82vi2Q/s200/hudson-valley-gps-hiking.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600682617133980626" /></a><a href="http://hudsonvalleyhikingny.com/">Hudson Valley GPS Hiking</a> - Louis T. Rivas has done a great job on putting together popular hikes through some of the forgotten places around the New York Hudson Valley, an area he has been exploring for 12 years. But he has also been a Wikiloc user for a long time (<a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=hikinglou">HikingLou</a>) and he has been uploading and sharing with the community the tracks and waypoints that will help you using the book. You can get his book on <a href="http://hudsonvalleyhikingny.com/">hudsonvalleyhikingny.com</a>. Well done Louis!<br /><br/><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KJdoHYG_ee2ysE9yvkqN5_QYDSofidYWFM7wchPUuUhyphenhyphenB2WEZrsLC0AzSvWD3M9mRz5xmXUrVbmpu4nHv0N-aMOCUMc8Es7tmBHV4moOh0lObct4RNYW8QotjmXvyldpSZh09g/s1600/de-reus-a-roma.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 90px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-KJdoHYG_ee2ysE9yvkqN5_QYDSofidYWFM7wchPUuUhyphenhyphenB2WEZrsLC0AzSvWD3M9mRz5xmXUrVbmpu4nHv0N-aMOCUMc8Es7tmBHV4moOh0lObct4RNYW8QotjmXvyldpSZh09g/s200/de-reus-a-roma.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604745396537781426" /></a> Still unpublished, the second book is about a hiking trip that must be totally amazing to do. The book title is "De Reus a Roma" (From Reus to Rome) by <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=jagasso">Josep-Àngel Gassó Garreta</a> and it describes the complete route from the Spain's city of Reus to Rome. Each stage has very carefully detailed information for hikers and it includes a link to the GPS track for that day uploaded on Wikiloc. We look forward reading you work Josep-Angel!Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-68192686054952956302011-03-24T09:06:00.000-07:002011-04-14T10:20:22.789-07:00We've got new forum!As of Friday March 18th our forum has a bright new suit! Well, it's not just the outside that has been updated, but also the structure and the integration with Wikiloc.<br />
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One of the main new features of the forum is that now we've got different sub-forums for different languages. For now we have Spanish, English, French and Catalan as separate languages and and extra sub-forum for all the other questions in other languages. With this update, you can all post new questions and search for answers in your own language, and thus improve the chances of getting help out of the comments of other users.<br />
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We have also created a new GPS sub-forum. There were so many questions around how to use GPS, which one to buy or how to use GPS software to move back and forth tracks between devices and Wikiloc, that it made sense to create a separate area where to group all these questions.<br />
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Also mention that now, under each Wikiloc user's profile, there's a link which will take you to all the user's activity in the forum. A nice and easy way to quickly find possible answers on different topics for that user.<br />
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We'd like to thank and give credit of the authorship of the new forum template: <a href="http://www.mikelothar.com/">Mike Lothar</a> has done an excellent job on this simple, clean and effective template. Many thanks also to our friends at <a href="http://www.panoramio.com">Panoramio</a>, who showed us the way to go with this upgrade.<br />
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We hope you like the new forum and that you will contribute to make it THE place for all Wikiloc users where to find answers, help and even a place where to meet outside in the real world.Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-26045193605461869472011-03-24T03:49:00.001-07:002011-08-16T06:52:50.912-07:00Wikiloc ChannelsOne of our goals at Wikiloc is to give more tools to businesses and organizations to help them grow by unleashing all the possibilities of the GPS track information they already have created.
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<br />Our first tool built with this goal in mind is <span style="font-weight:bold;">Wikiloc Channels</span>. A Channel is a special place in Wikiloc (call it a micro-site if you like) where all the tracks and photos of a single business, organization or touristic brand are grouped together. The Channel has an improved structure, design and many added features to create a professional looking place where to store your GPS related information and, more important, to build a community around it.
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<br />Some of the Channel features are:
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<br /><li>Multi-language </li>
<br /><li>Hability to add layers of points of interest to each track, including photos, descriptions, pdf documents, etc...</li>
<br /><li>Hability to add tracks uploaded by other Wikiloc users</li>
<br /><li>Social Media tools (facebook, twitter, etc)</li>
<br /><li>Management of all the content and customizations through a CRM-style behind the scenes software</li>
<br /><li>Software provided as SaaS</li>
<br /><li>Traffic statistics</li>
<br /><li>Free of advertisement (i.e. regular Wikiloc banners )</li>
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<br />Wikiloc Channels are aimed at all kind of organizations wanting to grow their business through building a powerful repository of GPS tracks and sharing them with their clients and the Wikiloc global community. Let me give you a quick example. The <a href="http://www.costabrava.org/en">Costa Brava and Pirineu de Girona</a> is an organization managing one of the most turistic brands in Spain. They are now aiming at an international, sustainable and eco-conscious target who would come to visit Spain to enjoy the outdoors by doing all kinds of activities. By creating their <a href="http://en.wikiloc.com/geotourism/costa-brava">Costa Brava Channel</a> and providing all their local knowledge on trails and services around them they provide the potential tourists with all the information they need to get the most out of their stay. Moreover, they use the built-in social media tools to post updates about new routes and activities thus keeping their fans and followers up to date.
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<br />But this is just an example. Many other industries can benefit from a Wikiloc Channel: sports product brands, sport teams, athletes, small touristic/lodging/cultural businesses, etc.
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<br />More Channels are already in the pipeline to be launched in the upcoming months. We're excited about it!Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-48081708713132387862011-03-08T01:15:00.000-08:002013-05-14T07:07:44.139-07:00Trails around Kilauea Volcano in HawaiiA few years ago, when visiting the Hawaii Islands, I was hoping to see a sudden and spectacular volcano eruption in Big Island. Nothing serious or dangerous but just big enough to get a hint at the nature's power. Well, that didn't happen, but instead it just happened this past weekend. I'm quite far away from Hawaii now so I'll dream about what it may look like to be there through wikiloc's trails! So join me and check out this beautiful track below in the Volcanoes National Park uploaded by <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=andre123">andre123</a>. <br />
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There are many other trails and pictures around <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/map.do#lt=19.395363&ln=-155.214844&z=6&k=1&tab=0">the area of the Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii</a>. Check them all out!<br />
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Picture courtesy of the U.S. Geological SurveyEdu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-12623878171240984152011-03-07T00:29:00.001-08:002011-03-08T00:32:37.598-08:00New icon and 6M pageviews<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jca2FqF1Dxs-OW3zCJbOGCk70SRLurXG5CdURhH0jqgE3NnucG90Q0GOk-BavS9qweTnVhellkgc_zhF2F3Zw7AgINbGzMkaPiOkkVuU86ugdJxWSNiwfTaO3832AKRJCCqbcw/s1600/wikiloc-activities.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 158px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jca2FqF1Dxs-OW3zCJbOGCk70SRLurXG5CdURhH0jqgE3NnucG90Q0GOk-BavS9qweTnVhellkgc_zhF2F3Zw7AgINbGzMkaPiOkkVuU86ugdJxWSNiwfTaO3832AKRJCCqbcw/s400/wikiloc-activities.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581252480234000322" /></a>The number of sports one can practice has grown in an unbelievable way for the last few decades. Sports which were inexistant just a few years ago are now booming around the planet. This means more work for us in adding all those activities in Wikiloc! We'll be adding many more activities in the upcoming weeks, but for now we have added one which was a long time request by users: <span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/find.do#q=&p=48&f=0&t=10">trail running</a></span>. The icon is already available to choose from the list when you create a new (or edit an old) trail. Make sure you update your old runs!<br />
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On a side note, we also wanted to share with Wikiloc's users that this past month we reached another milestone: <span style="font-weight:bold;">the number of monthly page views went beyond the mark of 6 million</span>. We can just thank you all again for choosing Wikiloc to share your adventures around the world!Edu Martinellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05128402995040955674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-9902941062926489372010-12-15T04:01:00.000-08:002010-12-15T04:01:38.867-08:00Advertising Opportunities on Wikiloc.comWikiloc was born in 2005. Back then, we didn´t know if it was the right time to launch something like that, if the site would be useful for the users or how it would evolve over the time. But there was something that was very clear to us: the site would be successful only if you, the community of users, were at the top of each end every decision we take at Wikiloc. Only if you felt really comfortable uploading tracks, sharing content and making comments this would be something worth keeping working at. Thus this has turned into our motto: the user goes first.<br />
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And so over the years, we have been working with the above goal in mind. Each new feature we add, each change we make or each functionality we remove from the site goes towards making Wikiloc user's life easier, while at the same time trying to add new features to give you more power to do more, to share more, to discover more. <br />
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We have gone a long way, but this is just the beginning. Though we can't yet share it with all of you, we have great plans in mind and we are extremely excited about them. Part of those plans involve making our team to grow and to take it to the next level. And for this, my friends, we need to tap into a stronger source of income. Although we have had AdSense advertising on Wikiloc, it's not as relevant as we would like, thus not as useful nor close to the motto I've stated above. We believe that advertising needs to fulfill three pillars: allow us to built a better site, give results to advertisers AND to add value to the user. Those three points are essential. It needs to be a win-win-win situation, if not, it simply won´t work. <br />
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For this, for the last few weeks we have been working on setting up our platform to open Wikiloc to new sponsors and advertisers. If you own (or work in) a business in an industry closely related to Wikiloc content, you are in sync with Wikiloc's way of doing things and want to share your products or services with hundreds of thousands of internet users, drop us a line at advertise AT wikiloc DOT com or take a look at our <a href="http://es.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/wikiloc_advertising_en.pdf?v2">advertising page</a>. <br />
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And if you are one of Wikiloc's community members, expect the same old Wikiloc with new added value and new great things ahead.<br />
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JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-9485583099768826422010-09-17T01:24:00.000-07:002010-09-17T01:49:13.440-07:00Explore photos taken along the trailsWe've improved the dynamic map page you use to explore trails by adding a photo thumbnail bar right below the map. The already more than 350.000 beautiful photos and videos we all have shared in wikiloc.com had to be more prominent.<br /><br />By moving the mouse pointer above the trails list, on the icon on the map or on a photo thumbnail, you'll see that the trail is highlighted, if you click you'll navigate to that trail's page with all the details.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/TJMqKG0Xq8I/AAAAAAAABB0/PWepkyBBPGo/s1600/Picture+3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/TJMqKG0Xq8I/AAAAAAAABB0/PWepkyBBPGo/s400/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517800321576315842" /></a><br /><br />If you want to try it live simply <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/map.do">open the map page and start exploring</a>!<br /><br />We hope that will help you discover interesting trails easily in the World Map before opening the detailed trail page. <br /><br />We've also been working in several bug fixes and speed improvements and we've advanced in new features that soon will go live. <br /><br />Hope you like it!<br /><br />--JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-58621993356727137682010-09-17T00:53:00.000-07:002010-09-17T01:07:30.108-07:00Yesterday's OutageYesterday, from 1:12pm until shortly before 9pm GMT, we had an unscheduled and unplanned outage due to a DNS issue at our domain registrar. That basically means that Wikiloc couldn't be reached from several European countries (see screenshot below).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/TJMhoi9n9jI/AAAAAAAABBs/QuIAzMVkN4A/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 200px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/TJMhoi9n9jI/AAAAAAAABBs/QuIAzMVkN4A/s200/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517790948922750514" /></a><br /><br />I've been working like a mad man last night to make the site accessible from everywhere again, I have setup two DNS servers and several other measures that should prevent this from happening again in the future. Wikiloc.com should be back up soon for you, if it’s not already.<br /><br />The site was functioning normally and of course no data has been lost. It's been just a domain name resolution issue.<br /><br />My sincere apologies and thanks for your patience. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact me.<br /><br />--<br />JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-77934098770961795612010-05-25T07:42:00.000-07:002010-05-27T01:12:25.452-07:00You may now choose your activitiesFor those of you that have contacted me telling that "I'm a hiker/cyclist and I'd like to see only hiking/bicycling trails in Wikiloc", I'm happy to announce that you may already do so. <br /><br />For example, I'm currently planning a bicycle touring trip in Switzerland and now I can choose to see only bicycling trails in the area:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S_zkVLT4nYI/AAAAAAAAA9M/S7gCFwRG-mE/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S_zkVLT4nYI/AAAAAAAAA9M/S7gCFwRG-mE/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475502299440258434" /></a><br />Additionally you can sign in and <span style="font-weight:bold;">set your preferred activities by default</span> <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/showProfile.do">in your settings page</a> and from then on see only those activities in Wikiloc:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S_zk-b6zw3I/AAAAAAAAA9U/n1wXH6xLI_Y/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S_zk-b6zw3I/AAAAAAAAA9U/n1wXH6xLI_Y/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475503008273122162" /></a><br />I know many of you have been awaiting for this feature, so many thanks for your patience and for your continuous feedback. Hope you enjoy it!<br /><br />--JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-65924328491737877732010-05-25T01:24:00.000-07:002010-05-25T02:15:08.980-07:00Wikiloc enters the Alexa's "top 50.000" sites!I couldn't resist to post this one :) Wikiloc is placed 49,818 in the Alexa Traffic Rank list. That's a pretty cool number on the Internet considering there are an <a href="http://news.netcraft.com/archives/category/web-server-survey/">estimated</a> <span style="font-weight:bold;">206,026,787 sites</span> out there. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wikiloc.com"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 127px; height: 98px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S_uN4jYbjgI/AAAAAAAAA9E/Va2l3KcJQvk/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475125774708870658" /></a><br /><br />Back to work, I'm working on several improvements that will go live in the next few days. Stay tuned!Jordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-53494856524222644532010-04-27T01:36:00.000-07:002010-04-27T02:02:56.637-07:00Wikiloc artık Türkçe olarakta yayında!(Now Wikiloc also on air in Turkish)<br /><br />Kudos to <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=ersancinan">Ersan Cinan</a> for his full translation of Wikiloc to Turkish. <br /><br />There are several interesting trails in Turkey like <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=177095">Balloon flight over Cappadocia</a> or a more refreshing <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=132602">hike to a beautiful waterfall</a> near the city of Izmir:<br /><br /><iframe frameBorder="0" src="http://tr.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/spatialArtifacts.do?event=view&id=132602&measures=off&title=off&near=off&images=on&maptype=S" width="400px" height="300px"></iframe><br /><br />Thanks Ersan!<br /><br />JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-71101780021027627202010-04-16T03:32:00.000-07:002010-04-27T01:35:40.916-07:00Upcoming eventsJust a reminder for upcoming appearances, on May 11th I’ll be in Sevilla, Spain, to speak at the <a href="http://www.institutocajasol.com/directivos/presentacion.html">Encuentro de Directivos de Cajasol</a>. After the event I’ll be in Sevilla briefly if anyone wants to do a meetupJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-20487743071409383062010-04-06T07:51:00.000-07:002010-04-07T06:39:11.167-07:00160.000 trails and new serverToday April 7th is Wikiloc's birthday (and mine too :) and the present for Wikiloc has been a much more powerful i7 server. The old server was almost melting during traffic peaks and it deserved a break after all these years of good service. <br /><br />I hope you'll enjoy browsing trails in wikiloc.com much faster from now on. <br /><br />To date you and me together with almost 130,000 other users have shared already more than 162,000 trails with beautiful photos taken along the trail (249,402 so far). <br /><br />Now you can likely find an outdoor trail almost anywhere you visit like <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/map.do#lt=-27.176469&ln=-109.346924&z=10&k=1&tab=0">hiking or mountain biking in Easter Island (Rapa Nui)</a>, <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/map.do#lt=-64.225493&ln=-61.787109&z=11&k=1&tab=0">walking among penguins in Antartica</a> or taking an <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=818917">off-road trip to watch a volcano eruption in Iceland</a><br /><br />We're growing fast in around 9,000 new trails per month and enjoying a lot working on the project. More improvements that you've suggested are in the pipe and will go online soon. Stay tuned!<br /><br />JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-87574319676708762362010-02-24T09:04:00.001-08:002010-02-25T11:00:25.670-08:00Wikiloc winner of the Living Labs Global Showcase Award!Within the framework of the <a href="http://www.livinglabs-global.com/">Living Labs Global</a> showcase, <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com">wikiloc</a> has been awarded by the cities of <a href="http://www.laselvaturisme.com/index.php">Comarca de La Selva</a> (Spain) and <a href="http://english.taipei.gov.tw/">Taipei</a> (Taiwan).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.livinglabs-global.com/award-about-showcase.asp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 104px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S4VdT0r4geI/AAAAAAAAA6w/kH-defTPEcU/s320/wikiloc_winner_living_labs.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441858319888712162" /></a><br /><br />We are very happy with this award. We hope wikiloc will become a global source of interesting outdoor activities at the destination available for everyone and an alternative for a more sustainable and rewarding way of travel for all of us.<br /><br />You might also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7N9XElScs">watch the video</a> that we prepared for the Living Labs contest, we created it thanks to the professional help of someone who's in the NBA of multimedia content design, <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=To%C3%B1o+Garcia">Toño Garcia</a> from <a href="http://www.shakingbox.com/">ShakingBox</a>, they're great people doing great stuff.Jordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-62027093444478880822010-01-28T11:48:00.000-08:002010-01-28T12:35:54.926-08:00Wikiloc at the Change Summit in National GeographicI'm excited to announce that we'll have the opportunity to make a presentation of Wikiloc at the Change Summit that will be held in <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/">National Geographic's headquarters</a> in Washington DC after <a href="http://wikiloc.blogspot.com/2009/09/wikiloc-winner-of-geotourism-challenge.html">winning the Geotourism Challenge</a>.<br /><br />And thanks to <a href="http://www.ashoka.org/changemakers">Ashoka Changemakers</a> we'll join the other winners, <a href="http://pepytours.com/">Pepy tours</a> from Cambodia and <a href="http://www.natureair.com/">Nature Air</a> from Costa Rica, in a round table at the <a href="http://www.changemakers.com/en-us/node/67241">Educational Travel Conference</a> in Rhode Island where more than 1000 nonprofit travel professionals will meet. <br /><br />We hope to return from those events with many new ideas to improve Wikiloc and make it much more useful for you. If you happen to be there give me a howler, I'd be happy to meet you in DC or in Rhode Island!<br /><br />--JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-37496469446011485772010-01-15T01:24:00.000-08:002010-01-15T02:07:12.999-08:00More map layers availableYou have available two new cool base maps with worldwide coverage. The first one is a relief map that albeit hasn't data at big scales (you'll have to zoom out to see the map) it is spectacular specially around mountains. It is maintained and offered by the guys at <a href="http://maps-for-free.com/">http://maps-for-free.com/</a> and looks like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S1A4domymVI/AAAAAAAAA4k/BmloXmGSREM/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 189px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S1A4domymVI/AAAAAAAAA4k/BmloXmGSREM/s400/Picture+1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426899632748927314" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The second one is also a great topographic map with beautifully detailed info (contour lines, trees depicting forests, shelters etc..) I love it. We can enjoy this map thanks to the guys at <a href="http://www.opencyclemap.org/">http://www.opencyclemap.org/</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S1A5pxzr0kI/AAAAAAAAA4s/aAOLAO7T7wI/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/S1A5pxzr0kI/AAAAAAAAA4s/aAOLAO7T7wI/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426900940888986178" /></a><br /><br />The trail above is a <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=170410">summer ascent to the Mont Blanc</a> peak in the French Alps climbed and shared in Wikiloc by <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=Ivar+Thorolfsson">Ivar Thorolfsson</a> <br /><br />If you know another public map service please tell me and I'll try to add it to the current map list. I've had several requests from you to add more maps from Russia, Canada, France etc.. and I'm still working on them since they require to dive into GIS geeky stuff including coordinate reprojections. I cannot advance a date, hope to add them to Wikiloc soon. Thanks!<br /><br />--JordiJordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19300732.post-68596842127594739502009-12-09T10:04:00.000-08:002009-12-21T01:30:33.603-08:00Your trails look better in WikilocI'm excited to bring you news about a recent improvement in wikiloc.com to improve the resolution of all the beautiful photos taken along the trails.<br /><br />All scaled photos and thumbnails (above half a million) shown on the site have been regenerated using a better compression algorithm and now they look nicer:<br /><h4>Before:</h4><a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=219018"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 165px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/Sx_yNAN5m0I/AAAAAAAAA2o/c9UFLPtlcg4/s400/before.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413311582333147970" border="0" /></a><br /><h4>Now:</h4><a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=219018"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 165px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uAfKMjqCx4E/Sx_yVYqjfDI/AAAAAAAAA2w/RDOgZMkpTvk/s400/now.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413311726334737458" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Subtle but important to keep quality high across the site<br /><br />Your original photos are kept unchanged as you uploaded them, this improvement only applies to the resized versions shown at wikiloc.com.<br /><br />Hope you like it!<br /><br />[Update] These photos were taken by <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/user.do?name=ClipperCreekWanderer">ClipperCreekWanderer</a> along <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=219018">Lake Powel-Rainbow bridge /Echo camp</a> and <a href="http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=220618">Bryce Canyon NP-Navajo loop</a> trails, both in Utah (USA)Jordi Lopez Ramothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17089956522641790841noreply@blogger.com0