New updates

Well... frankly this time I don't know where to start. Recently we've released a major redesign of Wikiloc with so many improvements that I think the best way for you to see them is by doing a tour by yourself :)

You may find specially interesting new features like:

- New map page: improved browsing experience to discover new tracks
- A revamped upload process: now it is easier and faster to upload tracks
- A new KML feed to explore and easily discover routes with Google Earth
- Almost 9.000 tracks uploaded until now, 9000 photos and we're already a growing community of nearly 10000 members.

So thanks to you all that make possible wikiloc. So far we've received many great suggestions that are the basis for upcoming improvements, so feel free to contact me at jordi ,at, wikiloc.com or in the forum

and... stay tunned, more changes are coming :)

Jordi

New map layer available

Recently Google added a new Terrain (Physical) map layer to Google Maps and I immediately received a request from a user (thanks Potxoki!) in the wikiloc's forum to add it to Wikiloc. It's ready and you may activate it by clicking on the "Terrain" button in the top-right area of the map.

And of course you may choose to show this layer as default in your embedded mini-maps (aka: miniwikiloc) Read here to see how easy it is to embed and customize your trail maps on your website or weblog:



Enjoy!
--Jordi

Wikiloc available in French

Thank you to Eric Klinger for his effort reviewing the French translation of wikiloc's UI and also for translating wikiloc's help page to French.

More translations are very welcome, just drop me an e-mail at jordi A T wikiloc.com.

You can visit the 'about Wikiloc' page for a complete list of collaborators.

Wikiloc available in Swedish / Wikiloc en Sueco

[Text in English below]

Gracias a la colaboración de Pontus Olénson Wikiloc está disponible en Sueco.

Puedes visitar la página de agradecimientos de Wikiloc para ver la lista completa de colaboradores.

Y más buenas noticias: a partir de ahora puedes buscar rutas y puntos de interés que contengan una palabra o texto en su nombre, descripción, etiquetas o nombre del autor. Espero que con esta nueva opción nos sea a todos más fácil encontrar datos GPS para la próxima salida!

[English]

Thanks to Pontus Olénson Wikiloc is available in Swedish!

You may visit the about page for a complete list of collaborators.

And more good news: from now on you may search by specifying a keyword. Search results will include all trails and waypoints with that keyword in their name, description, tags or author's name. Hopefully with this new feature it'll be easier for everyone to find GPS data for our next trip.

Descubre rutas GPS directamente en Google Earth

Si quieres saber cómo encontrar rutas GPS directamente en Google Earth, en este post de SandyDay lo describen perfectamente; muestran cómo utilizarlo y las posibilidades del feed KML de Wikiloc (incluso cómo navegar a lo largo de una ruta) con un vídeo.

En este post pasado también presentaba el feed KML de Wikiloc, aunque sin vídeo y en inglés... :-)

How to speed up Firefox (in 30 seconds)

If you thought Firefox was fast before, try it after this tweak:

1 - Open Firefox (really, required)
2 - Open URL: about:config
3 - Find (CTRL + F): network.http.pipelining. Double click on it so it changes to true
4 - Find: network.http.pipelining.maxrequests. Double click on it and change it from 4 to 100 or so

That's it. This makes FF use more threads to each page. You'll realize the difference specially on sites that use Google Maps like Wikiloc :-)

Enjoy!

Improvements in Google imagery and DEM

This is good news. Mark from the UK reports that he finally can visualize his GPS trails in Wikiloc overlaid on good quality imagery after a Google Earth's update of his area. Hopefully updates for Scotland and Wales will arrive soon and will filter down into Google maps in a few days :-)

In addition I'm very excited regarding news for Spain. The Canary Islands are covered with high quality image layers provided by the Canary local mapping agency GRAFCAN, and in addition, Google Earth covers the islands with a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of 10 meters. High resolution imagery and DEM produce realistic views (at lava flow level) like the following of a trail that climbs up to the Teide's volcanic summit:

(You may check it out by yourself, just open Wikiloc's Google Earth's Feed and fly to "Parque Nacional del Teide" and the GPS trails nearby will show up)



The dynamic mini-map for that GPS track from Wikiloc:


It's good to be surprised so often with such great news :-)