EveryTrail is a GPS based web and phone application that is
used to create tours, road trips, day trips, and even small sight-seeing
pathways. Users can upload their
own GPS files to the website, add pictures and commentary, and make their own
personal route available for others to use, enjoy and improve. Not only can this application be used
to create trips for other members of the community, but it can be used as an
extremely effective way of sharing your adventure with other people (sort of
like a Facebook application dedicated to travel). For example, say you’ve planned a trip to see New York City,
but you’ve never been before and you’d like to take in some of the local
culture, see the sights, and enjoy a little exercise. Using EveryTrail you may search something such as “Brooklyn
Bridge,” and a guide will appear in the search pertaining to what you want to
see.
The thumbnail view of the guide gives you an idea of
difficulty, the time involved in taking the route, the distance traveled, and a
short synopsis. Click on the
thumbnail and it will bring you to the guide. This guide includes step-by-step instructions from a
firsthand viewpoint, a synopsis of the trip, some basic tips, photos of the
area being toured, and an audio guide.
The application also provides you with a weather forecast in the side
bar. As for the map, there is an
interactive map built off of a base map from Google that shows all of the
various steps or stops on the trip and reveals the locations where the
photographs were taken. The route
is easy to see on this map at it is drawn in red, and the sites are labeled
clearly with numbers, and there is a key at the side to show which number
corresponds to which site:
Overall, this application provides a user friendly, web
based source of firsthand data from all over the world for people looking for
adventure or people who want to share their adventures with their peers.
Michael
Winters
Trevor Heyd
Sarah
Pitzen
Natalie
Garbutt
Mark
Bullard
