Website for sharing GPS trails and waypoints
Wikiloc Type of site
Crowd-gathered information 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 awebsite , launched in 2006,[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] GPS trails andwaypoints that members have uploaded.[ 3] mashup shows the routes inframes showingGoogle 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 inGoogle Earth .[ 5] [ 6] mobile apps for Android[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [clarification needed tracks[ 11] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Wikiloc does not pay its contributors.[ 16] [ 17] [ 16]
Wikiloc runs onLinux , with aPostgreSQL database manager withPostGIS for geography support,Apache software,Hibernate , GEOS,GDAL ,PROJ.4 , and with somePython for preprocess and maintenance.[ 3] [ 18]
Wikiloc has won the following prizes:
^ "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 theWayback 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 theWayback Machine (Wikiloc)^ Wikiloc Free (App Store on iTunes)^ Wikiloc for iPhone Archived 2014-08-27 at theWayback Machine (Wikiloc)^a b "Home Page" .Wikiloc . Retrieved10 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 . Retrieved2022-02-16 . ^ Entrevista a Jordi L. Ramot creador de Wikiloc.com Archived 2018-07-10 at theWayback 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 theWayback 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 theWayback 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 theWayback Machine (GEO -in Spanish-)^ XVI Premios de la Sociedad Geográfica Española Archived 2014-08-12 at theWayback Machine (Revista Oxigeno, 4 March 2014)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 theWayback Machine (Aire Libre y Tecnología, 20 July 2008 -in Spanish-)
