Dear HN: Totally new map UI for TrailBehind - Please Break It

Re:Dear HN: Totally new map UI for TrailBehind - Please Brea... by whatusername on Monday April 06, 2009 @09:45PM (#550077)

not bad.. So some of the GPS markers seem to be off: http://www.trailbehind.com/#get_quad/146.34166717529297/-39....

The Mt Oberon is in the middle of the swamp (it should be on the peak with the track running up to it at the top of the screen) - and the Growlers Creek point is in the bay.

Also - The login/register popup looked broken (FF3 on Ubuntu)

How do I create my own waypoints? Or do I need GPS data to do that?

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Re:Dear HN: Totally new map UI for TrailBehind - Please Brea... by andrewljohnson on Monday April 06, 2009 @09:56PM (#550090)

Ok, thanks for the notes. I'll check out that waypoint. To answer your questions and bugs:

1. The login box appears to be broken on Linux only, but I'll try and fix it there too :)

2. You need a GPS device to upload waypoints. We are considering letting you click waypoints onto the map, but we are hesitant to do so. Also, we're coming out with an iPhone app this month, so that will be another way to tag a place.

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Re:Dear HN: Totally new map UI for TrailBehind - Please Brea... by whatusername on Tuesday April 07, 2009 @07:57AM (#550744)

Thanks for the response.. I'll take out my wifes 6110 some time soon and give it a go.

Can you link to a park that would show up the site in full detail?

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Re:Dear HN: Totally new map UI for TrailBehind - Please Brea... by smokey_the_bear on Monday April 06, 2009 @11:08PM (#550195)

Thanks for the tip on Mount Oberon. We should provide some way to tweak the geodata. The summits in the US seem to generally be right on peak, but they look a little more off in AU. We got our waypoint data from geonames.org - and it seems to be off there too - http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_-39.067_146.35.html

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