Welcome to Map My Tracks blog. Here you'll find tips about getting the most from your tracks, news and support.
We are excited to announce the release of a major new upgrade for all supported mobile phones including Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, Nokia and other S60 phones. In this release we've introduced offline tracking, easier sharing with Twitter and onboard analysis of all previous activities.
Continue reading... | 03/07/2009 | Posted by Nick
Managing event and race tracking is now also possible from web-enabled mobile phones. Earlier this year the online event manager was released to provide event organisers and race directors with a comprehensive set of tools to control all aspects of race GPS tracking. The mobile event manager is a micro edition complete with all the tools to start, stop and manage participants in races. All from a mobile phone.
Continue reading... | 10/06/2009 | Posted by Nick
Map My Tracks is great for sharing what's happening at sports events right now. It's all about sharing an event and letting spectators follow the action live online. Integrating Twitter into the Map My Tracks event manager means there are now even more ways for people to follow the action, engage with the event and watch the action as it happens.
Continue reading... | 01/06/2009 | Posted by Nick
The Map My Tracks API has been extended to give developers more flexibility. The API makes is easy for developers to interact with Map My Tracks to make their own widgets or tracking applications.
Continue reading... | 27/05/2009 | Posted by Nick
Today we have released an update to the phone tracking software for all supported phones including Blackberry, Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others. It's well worth updating to get some neat new features that makes it even easier to use. It's the latest in a series of changes to Map My Tracks that improve real-time tracking for outdoor activities.
Continue reading... | 18/05/2009 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (6)
UK-based Map My Tracks is making GPS tracking accessible to sports events of all sizes, thanks to its new events management system and price plan.
Continue reading... | 05/05/2009 | Posted by Nick
Understanding more about how you have performed is vital for any training schedule. That's why we've added performance graphs to each activity here on Map My Tracks. The performance graphs illustrate both the speed and elevation profile of the activity and help to give you a better idea of the difficulty of a route.
Continue reading... | 02/05/2009 | Posted by Nick
It's now a breeze to import GPS tracks created by devices from Velocitek, Garmin or Magellan into Map My Tracks and replay the activity. We have introduced a new file import facility that lets you upload GPX file formats directly into your activity log to replay, compare or share your activities here on Map My Tracks. It's great if you use GPS data logging devices, such as the Velocitek Speed Puck, SC 1 or a Garmin Forerunner, EDGE or eTrex.
Continue reading... | 23/04/2009 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (1)
With the recent launch of the Friends on Fire Facebook application from the team at Fire Eagle it's now a breeze to share your location on Facebook through Map My Tracks. Using the Friends on Fire app and Map My Tracks together it's easy to update and share you location on Facebook and as with all things Fire Eagle is a simple process to control your privacy when you wish to.
Continue reading... | 08/04/2009 | Posted by Nick
Heads up developers! We're really excited to announce that the all new Map My Tracks API is now ready for action. The team has been busy behind the scenes getting everything ready and today sees the first phase of the API release.
Continue reading... | 07/04/2009 | Posted by Nick
Today sees the beta launch of the Map My Tracks Event Manager. The event manager lets anyone organising an outdoor event to track all the participants at the same time, in real-time, and broadcast it live on the web. It's a perfect addition to the growing family of applications that help to bring GPS tracking to the masses.
Continue reading... | 06/03/2009 | Posted by Nick
We are pleased to announce the release of Map My Tracks version 1.4.3, which is available and now more compatible than ever for Nokia, Blackberry, Sony Ericsson, Samsung and others. This version release is relevant to users of all phones but particularly useful for Blackberry users.
Continue reading... | 17/02/2009 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (2)
Over the last few months we have rolled out a number of new tools, features and applications that all help you to share your sporting activity in real time. Here is a handy list of the main ones.
Continue reading... | 08/02/2009 | Posted by Nick
We're pleased to announce the launch of Map My Tracks mobile. Map My Tracks mobile is a portable, micro edition of the main website specifically designed to be used within a mobile phone's web browser. It includes all the favourite features of its bigger brother and lets people find and follow others using their own mobile phone without the need to be in front of a PC.
Continue reading... | 01/02/2009 | Posted by Nick
Orhan. Well done orhan. We hope to see many more sightings of you out and about. A big thank you to all of you that have taken the time to complete our recent customer satisfaction survey. As ever, the feedback is invaluable to us and provides us with plenty of ideas for new features and where we need to improve.
Continue reading... | 19/01/2009 | Posted by Nick
Until now GPS event and race management technology has been beyond the reach of most event organisers and sports clubs. But the launch of the new Map My Tracks event and race management system brings affordable real-time GPS tracking to events ranging from amateur club events to international sporting events such as the World Rally Championship.
Continue reading... | 18/01/2009 | Posted by Nick
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Continue reading... | 04/01/2009 | Posted by Nick
We are pleased to announce the release of Map My Tracks version 1.4.1. This is a simple bug fix upgrade following on from the recent release of version 1.4.
Continue reading... | 08/12/2008 | Posted by Nick
We've made it even easier to find out what's going on around you in your area. I'm please to say that tracks in places near you or in your country have all been grouped together. It's another great addition that lets you follow other Map My Tracks users that are active in your area.
Continue reading... | 17/10/2008 | Posted by Nick
Sometimes it's the small things that can make a difference. With that in mind we have been busy adding a few small changes around the place that, we think, do make a difference.
Continue reading... | 29/09/2008 | Posted by Nick
Map My Tracks is all about sharing your outdoor activity with others. It's also about discovering others in your area and with this in mind we have introduced a small, but very interesting, feature on every track that shows all the other nearby users.
Continue reading... | 01/09/2008 | Posted by Nick
What a great couple of weeks of sport! The Olympics have come and gone for another four years and we have been blessed with seeing some great sporting achievements. Well done to Team GB for beating all expectations and putting in some stunning performances. Indeed, well done to all.
Continue reading... | 29/08/2008 | Posted by Nick
We're thrilled to bits to be able to announce that Map My Tracks now plays nicely with Fire Eagle. For those of you not familiar with Fire Eagle it is one of the latest services to be launched by the team at Yahoo Brickhouse which lets you take control of your location data.
Continue reading... | 12/08/2008 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (5)
It's been a busy time at Map My Tracks HQ. Hot on the heels of upgrading all our servers we are pleased to announce the release of Map My Tracks Mobile version 1.3. This release includes some great new features including location sharing, event tracking and for the first time it is compatible with Blackberrys.
Continue reading... | 14/07/2008 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (3)
As part of our ongoing programme of improvements Map My Tracks will be offline later today while we migrate to a new server. This will result in the service being offline for at least two hours. Some users may suffer longer down time as propagation completes.
Continue reading... | 09/07/2008 | Posted by Nick
One of the great things about Map My Tracks is learning more about people's activities and where they are in the world. Today we rolled out some new features that help better understand where tracks have been made.
Continue reading... | 27/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
Continue reading... | 24/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
Every now and again you have to stand back and admire the effort that some people put into their charity fundraising. This is true for two sailors that are currently circumnavigating Britain - in a Hobie Cat.
Continue reading... | 18/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
Congratulations to Richard Stenhouse, this year's winners of the Map My Tracks Musto Skiff UK Nationals. Richard went into day four with the overall lead and managed to secure his first place with a race in hand.
Continue reading... | 16/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
It's always nice to come into the office on a Monday morning and find that someone has taken the time to review Map My Tracks. A big thank you to NokNok for their video review.
Continue reading... | 16/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
Day three at the Map My Tracks Musto Skiff UK Nationals experience some ideal sailing conditions. A steady force 3 from the north west coupled with saw sunshine saw three races completed. A full run down of the race standings is available from the Whitstable Yacht Club website. Stenhouse still leads followed by Trotter, Dixon and Vincent.
Continue reading... | 14/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
What a difference a day makes! Day two of the Map My Tracks Musto Skiff UK Nationals saw great racing conditions starting in a good westerly(ish) force 3.
Continue reading... | 13/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
Wow! What a day. A big hat tip to all the sailors that raced today. Day one of the Musto Skiff Nationals saw some extreme weather that turned up just as the first start gun was about to go. Reports of 30-40 mph wind speeds, hailstones and mini tornados make it a memorable start to the event.
Continue reading... | 12/06/2008 | Posted by Nick
Showing your current location or activity on your own website or blog just got easier. Today we have rolled out a suite of new features that make it easy location-enable your website. It's the perfect solution to answer the question "Where are you?".
Continue reading... | 28/05/2008 | Posted by Nick
Raising money for the Ponseti Clinic at Margate hospital in the UK Lee and Jamie have begun their bike ride from Lands End to Herne Bay. A journey over around 350 miles. They are tracking their progress for all to watch. You can follow their progress live over the next four days here at Map My Tracks.
Continue reading... | 20/05/2008 | Posted by Nick
We're looking ahead to the launch of Map My Tracks' event service next month at the Musto Skiff UK Nationals. Behind the scenes the events team is busy getting everything ready to make the event a success for the Musto sailors and Map My Tracks alike.
Continue reading... | 14/05/2008 | Posted by Nick
One of the unexpected benefits of Map My Tracks is that it introduces people to new locations from around the world. Many of the tracks that are being made look to be in glorious locations and Google's satellite map provide a little glimpse of what it might be like on the ground.
Continue reading... | 13/05/2008 | Posted by Nick
Often it's considered to be a backward step when something is removed but in this case that's not true. Today we have rolled out Map My Tracks Mobile v1.2.1 which now has the option to track live without showing a map of your current position. Instead it just tracks you! No map, no fuss.
Continue reading... | 06/05/2008 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (1)
Hot on the heels of the announcement that Map My Tracks is providing real-time tracking for this year's Musto Skiff Nationals the Dinghy Sailing Magazine hails it as 'GPS tracking for the masses'.
Continue reading... | 29/04/2008 | Posted by Nick
Today we have pushed live a new release of Map My Tracks Mobile (v1.2). In this release we have added 'Where am I?', track tagging and global time together with some UI improvements.
Continue reading... | 11/04/2008 | Posted by Nick
For those of you that use Twitter you can follow Map My Tracks and get updates on new version releases, events and news.
Continue reading... | 10/04/2008 | Posted by Nick
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Continue reading... | 10/04/2008 | Posted by Nick
Map My Tracks is backing this summer's Musto Skiff UK Nationals to launch its live events tracking service. The event will be the first time that live GPS tracking has been used in a non-Olympic dinghy event and is yet another first for the innovative Musto Skiff class and Map My Tracks.
Continue reading... | 02/04/2008 | Posted by Nick
The eagle-eyed among you will have noticed that Map My Tracks Mobile uses map data supplied by Open Street Map. We use OSM maps as the background on the handset to show where you are right now.
Continue reading... | 26/03/2008 | Posted by Nick
Bring a new dimension to your event or race with Map My Tracks event tracking. Map My Tracks' event services can entertain your spectators, impress your sponsors and inform your competitors with LIVE event tracking.
Continue reading... | 09/03/2008 | Posted by Nick
Two tracks on one screen, replayed together. Well that's what you asked for so we built it. Track comparison lets you choose any two tracks to replay together and compare their performance. For the first time, this new feature allows you to compare against your own earlier activity or better still have a virtual race against someone else! It's a great way of seeing if you've improved or just to compare against a buddy's tracks.
Continue reading... | 09/03/2008 | Posted by Nick
Wow what a weekend at The Dinghy Show. Thanks to all the visitors and exhibitors for taking the time to visit our stand at the show. It was great fun demonstrating what can be done with Map My Tracks.
Continue reading... | 03/03/2008 | Posted by Nick
To celebrate our attendance at the Dinghy Show this weekend we have rolled out another release of Map My Tracks Mobile that improves our support for many Windows Mobile handsets.
Continue reading... | 28/02/2008 | Posted by Nick
The Dinghy Sailing Show at Alexendra Palace in London will see our first road trip to demo Map My Tracks and we're really looking forward to it.
Continue reading... | 20/02/2008 | Posted by Nick
First in a line of featured tracks we take you to Budapest with what looks like a glorious bike ride along the river Danube.
Continue reading... | 20/02/2008 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (2)
We're very excited to move out of beta and launch Map My Tracks Mobile v1. Our thanks go to all the beta users for taking the time to register and try out Map My Tracks. Your help has been invaluable.
Continue reading... | 08/02/2008 | Posted by Nick
First in a series of videos that we plan to produce is this introduction to Map My Tracks.
Continue reading... | 23/01/2008 | Posted by Nick
Different sports require different statistics, which is why we have added the ability for you to set your default map type and distance units for viewing tracks. Now you have the choice to set street, terrain or satellite maps as your standard view together with the option to view your tracks using imperial, metric or nautical distance units.
Continue reading... | 15/01/2008 | Posted by Nick
Understanding your performance is essential in any training regime. To help in that understanding we have today introduced split times and pace indicators on tracks.
Continue reading... | 04/01/2008 | Posted by Nick
A common complaint about sailing is the perceived abstract nature of the route needed to get around a given course.
Continue reading... | 30/12/2007 | Posted by Nick
The moment has finally arrived for us to open our doors and reveal what we have been busy creating over the past six months. It is with a great deal of pride that we peel back the covers of Map My Tracks - real-time GPS tracking for sports enthusiasts.
Continue reading... | 23/12/2007 | Posted by Nick
Over the past month we have been testing a number of phones with internal and external GPS receivers with some great results. Both types result in some very accurate results due to the way that we have set up Map My Tracks Mobile.
Continue reading... | 22/12/2007 | Posted by Nick
The idea of GPS tracking is new to most people and can leave some not knowing how to get started. In reality, GPS or Global Positioning System, to be precise, has been around since the '80s and it provides a way for a compatible device to accurately determine it location. With the use of an external GPS receiver or a mobile phone with internal GPS it becomes possible to pin point the location of the device anywhere in the world.
Continue reading... | 27/11/2007 | Posted by Nick | Comments: (3)
The world of mobile phones with built-in GPS receivers is moving fast. During the summer Nokia released the N95 to much applause and now more recently the Nokia Navigator 6110.
Continue reading... | 08/09/2007 | Posted by Nick
Nokia's N95 has come out top of PDA Essential magazine's head to head. Up against other smartphones like HTC's P3600, Fujitse-Siemens's T830, and HTC's Advantage it was rated best out of the group test.
Continue reading... | 19/08/2007 | Posted by Nick
Map My Tracks is the easy way to accurately track, or share in real-time, your sporting activity over land, sea or air using your mobile cell phone and GPS.
With Map My Tracks you can
