Thursday, February 26, 2009

Wikiloc in Serbian!

Thanks to Alex Milanovic we have Wikiloc in Serbian (Srpski (BiH))

With Serbian Wikiloc is already available in 13 languages, but needless to say that more translations are very welcome. If you wish to help in bringing language barriers down, 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.

Monday, February 09, 2009

50000 trails from around the World

Today we have reached another magic number in Wikiloc. This time not related to traffic but to the number of trails all of us have shared so far in Wikiloc: 50.000

I hope that this will help you find trails in your favourite areas but also discover amazing outdoor spots like mountain bike trails in Rapa Nui, tracks in the Hawaii's Volcanoes N.P., snorkeling spots in Mozambique or mountaineering routes in Patagonia. We have a beautiful World to explore!

And that's just another step in the long trail we have in front of us. I'm working hard improving the site with your suggestions and hope to continue getting you on board. Stay tuned, more news are coming.

Enjoy and happy trails!
Jordi

Monday, November 24, 2008

New logo!

As you may have already realized, wikiloc has a brand new logo. The former logo was gimp'd by me in the early days of wikiloc and was, simply put, quite 'plain' :)



Luckily Toño García, a happy wikiloc user that works as a motion graphic designer and partner at www.shakingbox.com and collaborates with web design in www.biotive.com offered to upgrade the old logo into a better one.

After several tweaks, adjustments and fixer-uppers (thanks Toño for your patience!) in the 3D sphere:



we were almost convinced in showing the ball on the left side of the name, like:



but finally, after some deep thinking and a few beers we agreed in the final version:


and yep, we're proud of it

Hope you like it :)

Monday, November 10, 2008

New office

Wikiloc has moved to the Scientific Parc in Girona. I'm excited to be in this location with plenty of space, nice views and all kind of IT facilities.


The mountains on the background are one of our favourite spots for hiking and mountain biking with many options to ride after work :)

If you're in the area drop me an email!

Oh! and the carpets on the floor with the Wikiloc logo are hand made by Montse. Thanks Montse! :)

Stay tuned, more news are coming!

--Jordi

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Wikiloc uses Geonames

I could say many things about the Geonames.org web services and all good.

If you are doing something 'geo' I highly recommend you to take a look at what Marc Wick offers you in geonames.org

The only thing that could be improved in the free web services is the response time. Wikiloc relies heavily in geonames so it was time to switch to the commercial version, speed up wikiloc and at the same time collaborate in keeping the initiative lead by Marc in good health.

So from now on when you look for a place name in Wikiloc.com, you'll get results much faster.

Enjoy!

Thursday, October 09, 2008

1 million page views

Last month Wikiloc reached the magic number of 1 million page views per month.

I am very honoured by all of you that visit Wikiloc and contribute to the community uploading your tracks.

Thanks guys!

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Wikiloc trails now in Google Earth!

The trails from Wikiloc have been added to Google Earth! See post in official Google Blog

Now the millions of users of Google Earth can watch your trails just by clicking on the Wikiloc icon in the Gallery on the left menu (picture below). You can also use Google Earth to explore the more than 110.000 trails from Wikiloc.


Fig. Google Earth's screenshot showing how to activate Wikiloc layer (click for a larger view)

If you still don't have Google Earth, you may download it for free here

BTW: Please expect a delay of a week or so until the trails you upload in Wikiloc's website appear in Google Earth


Enjoy!