Wikiloc
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Type of site | Crowd-gathered information |
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| Available in | Galician, Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish and Turkish[1] |
| Created by | Jordi L. Ramot & voluntary collaborators |
| URL | www.wikiloc.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required to download files) |
| Launched | 2006 |
Content license | Proprietary |
Wikiloc is a website, launched in 2006,[2][3][4] containing GPS trails and waypoints that members have uploaded.[3] 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[clarification needed] 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.[16]
Technology
[edit]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.[3][18]
Awards
[edit]Wikiloc has won the following prizes:
- Winner of the Changemakers / National Geographic 2009 Geotourism Challenge[19][20][21][22][23]
- Winner of the Google Maps mashup contest in 2006[24]
- Winner of the Initiative/Company award of the Spanish Geographic Society in 2013[25][26][27][28]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Wikiloc Outdoor Navigation GPS". 10 May 2023.
- ^ Three Winners Named in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2009 (National Geographic Society Press Room, September 9, 2009)
- ^ a b c About Wikiloc (Wikiloc)
- ^ Wikiloc is online (WikiLoc's blog, June 28, 2006)
- ^ El sitio de rutas Wikiloc entra en Google Earth Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (UPI.com, October 2, 2008 -in Spanish-)
- ^ Wikiloc – GPS Tracks Site (Google Earth Blog, February 11, 2008)
- ^ Wikiloc outdoor navigation GPS (Android Apps on Google Play)
- ^ Wikiloc for Android Archived 2014-08-30 at the Wayback Machine (Wikiloc)
- ^ Wikiloc Free (App Store on iTunes)
- ^ Wikiloc for iPhone Archived 2014-08-27 at the Wayback Machine (Wikiloc)
- ^ a b "Home Page". Wikiloc. Retrieved 10 Nov 2022.
- ^ Three Winners Named in National Geographic’s Geotourism Challenge 2009 (Adventure Travel Trade Association, September 16, 2009)
- ^ Find trails by activity or country (Wikiloc)
- ^ Wikiloc llega a los dos millones de excursiones (EL PAÍS, 22 April 2014 -in Spanish-)
- ^ Callau, Aitor Àvila; Albert, María Yolanda Pérez; Rota, Joan Jurado; Giné, David Serrano (2019-10-25). "Landscape characterization using photographs from crowdsourced platforms: content analysis of social media photographs". Open Geosciences. 11 (1): 558–571. Bibcode:2019OGeo...11...46C. doi:10.1515/geo-2019-0046.
- ^ a b "Terms of Use".
- ^ Wikiloc. "Wikiloc – Premium". Wikiloc | Trails of the World. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ Entrevista a Jordi L. Ramot creador de Wikiloc.com Archived 2018-07-10 at the Wayback Machine (alzado.org, 20 February 2008 -in Spanish-)
- ^ Geotourism Winners Announced! (Intelligent Travel, National Geographic Society, September 9, 2009)
- ^ Wikiloc: Blazing Trails for Geotourism Archived 2020-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (Changemakers, 02/09/10)
- ^ National Geographic premia la comunidad de viajes catalana Wikiloc (El Periódico, 17 September 2009 -in Spanish-)
- ^ National Geographic premia plan 'verde' (HOY Ecuador, 4 February 2010 -in Spanish-)
- ^ Facebook turístico y aerolínea que no contamina, premios National Geographic Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (ABC.es, 2 February 2010 -in Spanish-)
- ^ Google Maps mashup contest in Spain wraps up (Google Maps Mania, October 02, 2006)
- ^ Premio Iniciativa/Empresa (Sociedad Geográfica Española -in Spanish-)
- ^ La Sociedad Geográfica Española celebra sus premios anuales (Desnivel, 11 March 2014 -in Spanish-)
- ^ El mundo de la exploración se pone sus mejores galas: Premios a los exploradores del año Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (GEO -in Spanish-)
- ^ XVI Premios de la Sociedad Geográfica Española Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (Revista Oxigeno, 4 March 2014)
External links
[edit]- Official website
- 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)
- Jordi Ramot, fundador de Wikiloc: "Las comunidades de viajeros serán cada vez más influyentes en cómo viajamos" (Ideal, 14 February 2010 -in Spanish-)
- Entrevista a Jordi L. Ramot, creador de Wikiloc Archived 2014-08-12 at the Wayback Machine (Aire Libre y Tecnología, 20 July 2008 -in Spanish-)