Archive for the 'News' Category

Tracking Athletes at the 12th Ljubljana Marathon

Friday, October 26th, 2007

On October 28th, we’ll be tracking the front-runners of the 12th International Ljubljana Marathon. You can follow the progress of the leading competitors (female and male) live on this map.

Hint: The tracking page showcases new live tracking features which will be available to all TripTracker.net users soon.

TripTracker.net Finally Out of Beta

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

The TripTracker.net development team is proud to announce a new release of the TripTracker.net travel mapping website.
We’ve added many exciting new features to the site, including…

A brand new look and feel.
Completely redesigned and easy to use controls for editing your travel journals.
The ability to share your journals only with friends, and to be notified of [...]

Tracking the Trans-Amazon Educational Journey

Friday, March 30th, 2007

We’ve just launched a dedicated tracking page for the Trans-Amazon Expedition, led by Dave Freemand and Eric Frost of the Wilderness Classroom Organization. The goal of the Trans-Amazon Expedition is to raise awareness about the important role the world’s forests play in controlling climate change, and to encourage people to make changes in their lives, [...]

Tracking Martin Strel’s World Record Attempt

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Today, we started tracking Martin Strel’s 5430 kilometer swim along the Amazon River. If Strel succeeds, he will be the first man to swim the entire length of the Amazon, beating his previous world records of swimming the Mississippi (3797 km) and the Yangtze (4003 km) rivers. But this project is different to [...]

TripTracker Featured in NY Times Article

Friday, November 3rd, 2006

There is an article on geotagging photos over at the New York Times, featuring, among other fine services, TripTracker.net:

“It’s kind of a geek obsession,” says Ms. Bennett, software engineer and journalist. “But it’s also a combination of the geek aspect, the community aspect and the love of good old-fashioned travel photography.”

They go on to say…

“The [...]

TripTracker.net News Posted to a Few Selected Forums

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

After months of hard work we are releasing our geo tagging and track visualization service to the public. This news was posted only on a few selected forums which is where we think it will capture the attention of tech savvy people, especially GPS enthusiasts. We want to hear your opinion and comments about [...]

Finally Launched

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006

The TripTracker travel blogging site has finally launched. Cile and Ziga have submitted a few last-minute fixes and we are off.
With our launch we are making a promise to all our users to keep the site packed with nice features and still keep it simple to use.
Please send us requests, bugs and ideas for how [...]