There seems to be a plethora of websites and applications now that allow you to plan and share your walks and rides. Given that so many are popping up, I’ve decided to start listing them here in no particular order. I’m aiming to keep the list as current as possible, so if I’m missing any please leave me a comment and I’ll make sure I add them, thanks.
GPSies is a very cool website set up by Klaus Bechtold that shares your GPS tracks, allowing everyone to upload and download tracks very easily and view in Google maps.
Tracks are available to download in a range of file types from KXML to GPX , there is also a quick and easy option to export tracks to your Garmin GPS too.
Planning a route for a walk, ride or a run and want to calculate the distance and view it on a map? Then why not check out www.walkjogrun.net. It’s a site that enables you to do just that using GoogleMaps. You can plan and view your route in either a Map, Satellite or Hybrid view, calculate pace, time and also calories burnt.
The site is mainly targeted at runners and there is a Groups and Community section, but I think the site could easily also be used for walking and biking. Take a look and hit the trails!
Here is another site that lets users upload and share GPS tracks. In addition to the normal route planning it also lets users see photos near their waypoints, and also displays an altitude chart for your track.
It supports input/export of common GPS file formats. And offers a native mobile phone app that captures GPS points and uploads the data to the site for you.
Additionally, Wikiloc lets you create your own tracks by placing points on the map and rendering them as polylines.
Put very simply, Bikely helps cyclists share knowledge of good bicycle routes.
It can be quite tricky traversing a car dominated city by bicycle, particularly when you need to travel an unknown route to a new destination. But the chances are, someone has cycled that way before you. Bikely makes it easy to find and share these routes.
