Welcome to Map My Tracks blog. Here you'll find tips about getting the most from your tracks, news and support.
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: (1)
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
This is the blog of Map My Tracks, the easy way to accurately map or share, in real-time, your sporting activity over land, sea or air using your mobile phone and GPS.
Here we feature the latest news, tips and advice on how to get the most out of Map My Tracks.
