Everytrail.com - GPS Travel Community

Everytrail.com is a step above the average interactive travel site. The founders of Everytrail.com are dedicated to spreading the love of outdoor activities around the world. Users on Everytrail can blog, upload photos, track their travels, but also communicate by GPS systems and use maps to truly visualize the land covered. On the site, avid outdoors adventurers and backpackers alike can gain important information from the various types of maps available and the detailed advice left by those who came before. This free site features previous trips including awesome itineraries for hiking, walking, running, trail running, mountain biking, driving, sailing, and mountaineering. There are hundreds of trips already mapped out in each of these categories that spotlight rare and unknown destinations. For travelers who want to go the extra mile physically, this is the perfect website to match that drive with recorded content and organization. There is a blogging section which is perfect for travelers without definite itineraries who want to ask for advice, ideas, help, or support.

“EveryTrail was created by a small group of passionate travelers, out of dissatisfaction with current solutions to share trips. Over the years, we've created numerous personal websites and blogs to share our trips with family, friends and other travelers and while doing so we discovered that standard web technologies are not well-suited for sharing our trips.

We believe that the best way to share travel experiences is to integrate your stories, photos and locations on a map. The map then becomes the medium to share your travel experience. A picture may say more than a thousand words, but when you place that picture in its geographical context along your route, you express more about your trip than you could ever express with pictures and words alone.”

Ever wondered where your friend is while they are riding rapids on the other side of the planet? Ever wanted to prove to your parents that you were actually at Church on Easter while trekking through Russia? Everytrail.com is a great tool to show loved ones and adventure buddies exactly where and what you are doing while escaping the cubicle. The mapping and GPS technology is amazing and provides a sense of security to travelers who might not know precisely where they are going and those who have no freakin’ clue.

Are you lost if theres no internet connection? How will the maps help if you can get a connection?