Wikiloc Explained

Wikiloc
Collapsible:yes
Url:www.wikiloc.com
Commercial:Yes
Type:Crowd-gathered information
Language:Galician, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish and Turkish[1]
Registration:Optional (required to download files)
Author:Jordi L. Ramot & voluntary collaborators
Launch Date:2006
Content License:Proprietary

Wikiloc is a website, launched in 2006,[2] [3] [4] containing GPS trails and waypoints that members have uploaded. This mashup shows the routes in frames showing Google Maps (with the possibility to show the layers of World Relief Map (maps-for-free.com), OpenStreetMap, the related OpenCycleMap, USGS Imagery Topo Base Map and USGS Topo Base Map). The service is also available in Google Earth.[5] [6] There are mobile apps for Android[7] [8] and iPhone.[9] [10] The product has more than 11M members,[11] is offered in many languages[12] and has more than 37.9M tracks[11] of dozens of activities (hiking, cycling, sailing, horseback riding, driving, paragliding, and so on) in many countries and territories.[13] Wikiloc began as a worldwide online reference for hiking.[14] Additionally, photographs on Wikiloc enabled automated content analysis to characterize the landscape in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, Spain.[15]

Wikiloc does not pay its contributors.[16] It charges users to download trails and waypoints from the website.[17] It also prohibits bulk downloads or re-hosting of the data.

Technology

Wikiloc runs on Linux, with a PostgreSQL database manager with PostGIS for geography support, Apache software, Hibernate, GEOS, GDAL, PROJ.4, and with some Python for preprocess and maintenance.[18]

Awards

Wikiloc has won the following prizes:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS. 10 May 2023 .
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205940/http://press.nationalgeographic.com/2009/09/09/geotourism-challenge-2009-winners/ Three Winners Named in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2009
  3. http://en.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/about-us.do About Wikiloc
  4. http://wikiloc.blogspot.com.es/2006/06/wikiloc-is-online.html Wikiloc is online
  5. http://espanol.upi.com/Noticias-destacadas/2008/10/02/El-sitio-de-rutas-Wikiloc-entra-en-Google-Earth/UPI-51061222995720/ El sitio de rutas Wikiloc entra en Google Earth
  6. http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/02/wikiloc_gps_tracks_site.html Wikiloc – GPS Tracks Site
  7. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wikiloc.wikilocandroid&hl=en Wikiloc outdoor navigation GPS
  8. http://en.wikiloc.com/mobile/android.do Wikiloc for Android
  9. https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/wikiloc-free/id432102730?l=en Wikiloc Free
  10. http://en.wikiloc.com/mobile/iphone.do Wikiloc for iPhone
  11. Web site: Home Page. Wikiloc. 10 Nov 2022.
  12. http://www.adventuretravelnews.com/three-winners-named-in-national-geographics-geotourism-challenge-2009 Three Winners Named in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2009
  13. http://en.wikiloc.com/trails Find trails by activity or country
  14. http://tecnologia.elpais.com/tecnologia/2014/04/22/actualidad/1398166912_395783.html Wikiloc llega a los dos millones de excursiones
  15. Callau . Aitor Àvila . Albert . María Yolanda Pérez . Rota . Joan Jurado . Giné . David Serrano . Landscape characterization using photographs from crowdsourced platforms: content analysis of social media photographs . Open Geosciences . 2019-10-25 . 11 . 1 . 558–571 . 10.1515/geo-2019-0046. 2019OGeo...11...46C . free .
  16. Web site: Terms of Use.
  17. Web site: Wikiloc. Wikiloc – Premium. 2022-02-16. Wikiloc Trails of the World. en.
  18. http://www.alzado.org/articulo.php?id_art=710 Entrevista a Jordi L. Ramot creador de Wikiloc.com
  19. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/geotourism_winners_announced Geotourism Winners Announced!
  20. http://www.changemakers.com/stories/wikiloc-blazing-trails-geotourism Wikiloc: Blazing Trails for Geotourism
  21. http://www.elperiodico.com/es/noticias/ciencia-y-tecnologia/20090917/national-geographic-premia-comunidad-viajes-catalana-wikiloc/102948.shtml National Geographic premia la comunidad de viajes catalana Wikiloc
  22. http://www.hoy.com.ec/noticias-ecuador/national-geographic-premia-plan-verde-391063.html National Geographic premia plan 'verde'
  23. http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=259165 Facebook turístico y aerolínea que no contamina, premios National Geographic
  24. http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2006/10/google-maps-mashup-contest-in-spain.html Google Maps mashup contest in Spain wraps up
  25. http://www.sge.org/index.php?id=85 Premio Iniciativa/Empresa
  26. http://desnivel.com/cultura/la-sociedad-geografica-espanola-celebra-sus-premios-anuales-2014 La Sociedad Geográfica Española celebra sus premios anuales
  27. http://www.mundo-geo.es/gente-y-cultura/premios-a-los-exploradores-del-ano El mundo de la exploración se pone sus mejores galas: Premios a los exploradores del año
  28. http://www.revistaoxigeno.es/xvi-premios-de-la-sociedad-geografica-espanola/ XVI Premios de la Sociedad Geográfica Española

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