Tech digest interviews the guy in charge of everytrail.com
A big trend that could fuel Everytrail’s growth is the spread of GPS into a wider range of devices, particularly mobile phones. This is partly because users will be able to upload their photos and thoughts in real-time, while on location, rather than having to wait to get back home.
“It’s very early now for GPS phones, as they’re just coming out,” says Joost. “But once they get more mainstream, they’ll be a great way to get location-specific information when users are at specific locations, and it’ll also make the process much easier to press the button to put their stuff on the website.”
The site: www.everytrail.com
Cyberhobo is the expert on these map mash-up sites; maybe he’ll check it out and report back.
Not bad – this one looks like it has some money behind it. At first glance it seems to have many desirable features covered: topos, elevation profiles, markers, photos, GPX import & editing, map embedding for your blog, Google Earth interface. It may be lacking good printing and search options, but there’s definitely enough there that I’ll be playing with it some more…