Wikiloc is a premium website, launched in 2006,About Wikiloc
(Wikiloc) containing

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of t ...

trails and waypoints that members have uploaded. This

mashup Mashup may refer to: * Mashup (culture), the rearrangement of spliced parts of musical pieces as part of a subculture * Mashup (education), combining various forms of data and media by a teacher or student in an instructional setting * Mashup (mus ...

shows the routes in

frames A frame is often a structural system that supports other components of a physical construction and/or steel frame that limits the construction's extent. Frame and FRAME may also refer to: Physical objects In building construction *Framing (co ...

showing Google Maps (with the possibility to show the layers of World Relief Map (maps-for-free.com),

OpenStreetMap OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a free, open geographic database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial imagery and also import from other freely licensed g ...

, the related OpenCycleMap, USGS Imagery Topo Base Map and USGS Topo Base Map). The service is also available in

Google Earth Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D computer graphics, 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposition, superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and geog ...

. There are mobile apps for Android and iPhone. The product has more than 11M members, is offered in many languages and has more than 37.9M tracks of dozens of activities (hiking, cycling, sailing, horseback riding, driving, paragliding, and so on) in many countries and territories. Wikiloc began as a worldwide online reference for hiking.Wikiloc llega a los dos millones de excursiones
(EL PAÍS, 22 April 2014 -in Spanish-) Additionally, photographs on Wikiloc enabled automated content analysis to characterize the landscape in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain. Wikiloc does not pay its contributors. It charges users to download trails and waypoints from the website. It also prohibits bulk downloads or re-hosting of the data.

Technology

Wikiloc runs on Linux, with a

PostgreSQL PostgreSQL (, ), also known as Postgres, is a free and open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) emphasizing extensibility and SQL compliance. It was originally named POSTGRES, referring to its origins as a successor to the In ...

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with PostGIS for geography support,

Apache The Apache () are a group of culturally related Native American tribes in the Southwestern United States, which include the Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Mimbreño, Ndendahe (Bedonkohe or Mogollon and Nednhi or Carrizaleño an ...

software,

Hibernate Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metabolic rate. It most ...

, GEOS, GDAL,

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, and with some Python for preprocess and maintenance.

Awards

Wikiloc has won the following prizes: * Winner of the Changemakers /

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2009 Geotourism Challenge * Winner of the Google Maps mashup contest in 2006 * Winner of the Initiative/Company award of the Spanish Geographic Society in 2013XVI Premios de la Sociedad Geográfica Española
(Revista Oxigeno, 4 March 2014)

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://en.wikiloc.com/
Wikiloc, how a hobby grows into a Google darling
(The Next Web, 1 September 2008)
How to create your routes Wikiloc
(Camera Battery Blog, via Internet Archive)
GPS community sites: Wikiloc, EveryTrail
(Ogle Earth, November 30, 2006)
Wikiloc - free web site to discover, post and share GPS data
(GPS Information.net Forum, November 9, 2006)

(Ideal, 14 February 2010 -in Spanish-) * ttp://www.airelibreytecnologia.com/entrevista-a-jordi-l-ramot-creador-de-wikiloc/ Entrevista a Jordi L. Ramot, creador de Wikiloc(Aire Libre y Tecnología, 20 July 2008 -in Spanish-) Android (operating system) software Collaborative mapping Crowdsourcing GIS software Global Positioning System Google Maps Satellite navigation software IOS software Mobile route-planning software Web Map Services Web mapping Wiki communities Wikis

Technology

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