EveryTrail has been growing through word of mouth since we launched the site in October 2006. In April 2007, 6 months after launch we crossed 1,000 trips, and in May 2008 we passed the 10,000 mark.
Last Friday EveryTrail reached another big milestone: More than 100,000 public trips are shared at EveryTrail!
The image shows the daily number of new trips. There are no signs of slowing down. Quite the contrary… lately the number of new trips has grown faster than ever, and we had several days with more than 1,000 new trips.
We at EveryTrail are celebrating this milestone, but at the same time we keep focusing on making the site better and better, while dealing with some growing pains.
EveryTrail is growing fast. We saw the first day with over 1,000 uploaded trips in April (yes, that’s right, 1,000 unique, personal travel experiences IN ONE DAY!), and we are fast approaching 100,000 publicly shared trips.
We’ve been working hard at keeping up with all this growth in traffic and content. We made important upgrades to the server infrastructure and migrated to a new scalable framework to prepare for the next wave of growth.
Along with the growth came some growing pains. Since this morning GPS file uploads are not working. While we are resolving this please use the following temporary fix:
EveryTrail for Blackberry is now live! Here you can find the link to install it over the air from your BlackBerry device or from your computer using BlackBerry Desktop Software.
The EveryTrail Blackberry app makes it very easy to capture your GPS tracks and photos using your GPS-enabled Blackberry Curve, and then upload your trips directly to EveryTrail.
Please note that the app is optimized for the Blackberry Curve. It does function on other GPS-enabled BlackBerry models such Bold and Pearl, but the difference in screen size causes layout issues on other devices. The Blackberry Storm is not supported at this point.
It is our strategy to partner with 3rd party mobile app developers to bring EveryTrail functionality to even more mobile users around the world. If you are interested in developing Mobile Apps using the EveryTrail API, please get in touch with us. Since the EveryTrail Blackberry app is optimized for the Blackberry Curve, we are especially interested in talking to developers who are interested in adding EveryTrail integration to apps for Blackberry Bold, Storm and Pearl.
Today Google is launching a great new feature in Google Earth: Google Earth Tours. With the new Touring feature, content can be viewed as one-click slide show experience. EveryTrail content is now available as Tours in Google Earth. Read the press release is here.
Some featured EveryTrail Tours are below. Just click the links to download these trips into Google Earth.
Tips:
* First download the latest version of Google Earth here
* When Google Earth opens, click on “Start Here” and then on “Play Tour”
* Make sure “Terrain” is enabled: check the Terrain box at the bottom of the Layer section in the Google Earth sidebar
EveryTrail for Android is now live! Browse to the Android Market on your Android-powered phone and then look for it in the travel section, or simply search for EveryTrail.
The EveryTrail Android app makes it very easy to capture your GPS tracks and photos using your G1 phone (other Android phones will be coming out later this year), and then upload your trips directly to EveryTrail.
As noted before, it is our strategy to partner with the best mobile app developers in the world to bring EveryTrail functionality to even more mobile users around the world. If you are interested developing Mobile Apps using the EveryTrail API, please get in touch with us.
After years of relatively mild winters in Western Europe the cold has finally kicked in, covering lakes and canals with a thick layer of ice. Thousands of Europeans, mainly the Dutch, take the opportunity to enjoy ice skating these days.
We at EveryTrail are thrilled to announce a new partnership with the iPhone App Trails (available in the iTunes AppStore for $1.99).
Trails is an iTunes’ staff favorite and now supports direct export of tracks into EveryTrail. In addition you can import any track from EveryTrail easily and view the route on the map directly on your iPhone. Trails will let you tailor the behavior of the GPS recorder through easy-to-use presets for hiking, jogging, bike rides and drives.
While we have been developing some mobile apps in-house (including EveryTrail for iPhone and The Bike Computer), it is our strategy to partner with some of the best mobile app developers in the world to bring EveryTrail functionality to even more mobile users around the world. If you are interested developing Mobile Apps using the EveryTrail API, please get in touch with us.
Starting today EveryTrail trips will be available as a Layer in Google Earth. This means that your EveryTrail trips will automatically appear in Google Earth, so you and tens of millions of Google Earth users can view your trips in 3D!
Watch the video below to get an impression of what this looks like.
Screen shot of the classic Half Dome Hike in Google Earth:
You can help us make this layer great by adding descriptions to your trips and photos so that other users can enjoy your trips even more.
We are very pleased to announce our latest mobile GPS tracking application: The Bike Computer for iPhone. You can download it in Health Care and Fitness category in the app store or get it in iTunes .
The EveryTrail Bike Computer has a large screen that gives you key stats while riding your bike, and best of all, you can upload your ride directly from your phone to EveryTrail.
More mobile apps are coming, not only for iPhone, but also for Blackberry and Android.
EveryTrail has been growing through word of mouth since we launched the site in October 2006. In April 2007, 6 months after launch we crossed 1,000 trips, and in May 2008 we passed the 10,000 mark. 
EveryTrail for Blackberry is now live! 
EveryTrail for Android is now live! Browse to the Android Market on your Android-powered phone and then look for it in the travel section, or simply search for EveryTrail. 
