Free EveryTrail lets you share your trips with others
EveryTrail solves a problem that we all know. Whether hiking, biking, walking, running, driving or geocaching, real GPS and outdoors enthusiasts log their trips and make photos along the route. And then what next?
How to share those magnificent adventures with others?
That was the problem. You could show your trip log in your mapping program on your PC or you could transfer it to a .kml file and send this to your friends. So they could see your trip in Google Earth.
And you could show your photos in a slide show on your PC or send a bunch of photos to others to look at them on their own PCs.
Missing link
But this will never tell the whole story, as no-one will ever know which photo was taken where.
EveryTrail changes this
It allows you to upload your GPS tracks and waypoints, together with digital photos that you took during your trip.
You can upload your track and waypoints directly from your GPS receiver or you can transfer them to a GPX file and upload this file.
The service reads your track points and their corresponding time stamps. It also reads the Exif information in your digital photos. If your track time stamps and your photo time stamps correspond, the service knows exactly where along your trip you took the different photos.
This makes a complete story
We made a small trip along 7 castles, which is not difficult at all in Belgium. This is an example where the spectator needs to know which photo corresponds with which castle. Here you can see how it is presented in EveryTrail. Click on "View Details" for a larger view with photos.
And what if the time stamps do not correspond?
Clocks in digital cameras are often not very precise at long term. So, if you did not check your clock before the trip, it could very well be that the clock in your camera is, lets say, one quarter of an hour off. This means that EveryTrail places all your photos 15 minutes early or 15 minutes late on your track.
This can easily be corrected
If you click the Edit button in front of a photo of which you know exactly where you have taken it, you can drag this photo to that exact location. All other photos will follow and will be shown at the locations where they were taken.
Conclusion
This is a very convenient way to share your outdoor adventures with many others via the Internet.
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