News from a month ago. Not yet reported here that I could find in searches.
"Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has acquired Fatmap, a European company that’s building a high-resolution 3D global map platform for the great outdoors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2009, Strava has emerged as one of the preeminent activity tracking services, proving particularly popular in the cycling and running fraternities, which use the Strava app to plot routes, converse with fellow athletes and record all their action for posterity via GPS. The company has increasingly been targeting hikers too, and last year it launched a new trail sports and routes option aimed at walkers, mountain bikers and trail runners.
Fatmap, for its part, was founded a decade ago, with an initial focus on providing ski resorts with high-resolution digital maps. In the intervening years, the company has worked with various satellite and aerospace companies to bolster its platform with detailed maps incorporating summits, rivers, passes, paths, huts and more, arming anyone venturing into mountainous terrain the information they need to know exactly what they’ll encounter before they arrive."
from: Strava acquires Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors
Personally I like Strava for keeping track of hikes. I also use GaiaGPS to record routes, and play around with CALTOPO for route planning and plotting. I even look at AllTrails for ideas. Not to mention NETC, various blogs, paper maps and guidebooks.
I hadn't used FATMAP until today (thanks, snow day). It's pretty cool. Take a look if interested. Similar to the Google Earth interface, you can zoom in, tilt and pan, move around, and see topographic relief in vivid imagery. It was quite entertaining looking around the Whites, and brings a new way to visualize the hike. You can imagine things in 3-D. Many features are labelled, such as the Black Pond Bushwhack and Brutus Bushwhack (these are becoming trails, right?).
Unfortunately, you need to create an account to use it. Since I have Strava, I just linked it without creating a new account. Below is a screenshot of a view of the Pemi loop area. I've also included a link to follow to the same view (though you'll need to log it as noted in order to play around and move your view point).
https://fatmap.com/adventures/@44.1...-22.1843491,-35.4303941,918.5278450,satellite
"Strava, the activity tracking and social community platform used by more than 100 million people globally, has acquired Fatmap, a European company that’s building a high-resolution 3D global map platform for the great outdoors. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2009, Strava has emerged as one of the preeminent activity tracking services, proving particularly popular in the cycling and running fraternities, which use the Strava app to plot routes, converse with fellow athletes and record all their action for posterity via GPS. The company has increasingly been targeting hikers too, and last year it launched a new trail sports and routes option aimed at walkers, mountain bikers and trail runners.
Fatmap, for its part, was founded a decade ago, with an initial focus on providing ski resorts with high-resolution digital maps. In the intervening years, the company has worked with various satellite and aerospace companies to bolster its platform with detailed maps incorporating summits, rivers, passes, paths, huts and more, arming anyone venturing into mountainous terrain the information they need to know exactly what they’ll encounter before they arrive."
from: Strava acquires Fatmap, a 3D mapping platform for the great outdoors
Personally I like Strava for keeping track of hikes. I also use GaiaGPS to record routes, and play around with CALTOPO for route planning and plotting. I even look at AllTrails for ideas. Not to mention NETC, various blogs, paper maps and guidebooks.
I hadn't used FATMAP until today (thanks, snow day). It's pretty cool. Take a look if interested. Similar to the Google Earth interface, you can zoom in, tilt and pan, move around, and see topographic relief in vivid imagery. It was quite entertaining looking around the Whites, and brings a new way to visualize the hike. You can imagine things in 3-D. Many features are labelled, such as the Black Pond Bushwhack and Brutus Bushwhack (these are becoming trails, right?).
Unfortunately, you need to create an account to use it. Since I have Strava, I just linked it without creating a new account. Below is a screenshot of a view of the Pemi loop area. I've also included a link to follow to the same view (though you'll need to log it as noted in order to play around and move your view point).
https://fatmap.com/adventures/@44.1...-22.1843491,-35.4303941,918.5278450,satellite
