Online GPS trip sharing community EveryTrail has created content using the new Touring feature in Google Earth.

Published: 05 Feb 2009

Online GPS trip sharing community EveryTrail has created content using the new Touring feature in Google Earth.

An EveryTrail trip, including trip route, photos and trip notes, will now play in a 1-click, fly-through slideshow using Google Earth's Touring feature.

EveryTrail is a community website where members upload GPS data and photos to create visual interactive trip reports of their travel experiences.

The website's 50,000 trips span more than 120 countries. This content is suitable for playback using Google Earth's Touring feature. Content creators can now make 3D tours that deliver a 1-click viewing experience, without the need to manually navigate the content.

Wei Luo, senior data strategist, Google Earth, said, "With the new touring feature it will be easier than ever for the EveryTrail community to share their trips and stories with the Google Earth community, and I'm looking forward to following along on their tours."

In December 2008, Google and EveryTrail announced that members' trips are available as a content layer in Google Earth, allowing users to easily discover and view EveryTrail content in a 3D environment directly within Google Earth.

According to the company, EveryTrail now serves over 110,000 unique users per month.

The expanding trip database provides a searchable geoweb resource for trip planning.

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