What's new on LongTrailsMap.net?

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• August 20, 2023
• Added resupply locations to the Pacific Northwest Trail.


• March 3, 2023
• Added the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail.


• December 11, 2022
• Added the Oandu-Aegviidu-Ikla Hiking Route.
• Removed the Across Utah, because it does not meet the OpenLongTrails Long Trails Criteria.


• October 16, 2022
• Added the Blue Mountains Trail.
• Removed the Desert Trail, because it does not meet the OpenLongTrails Long Trails Criteria.


• October 11, 2021
• Added the Finger Lakes Trail.
• Updated the North Country Trail.


• September 30, 2021
• Added the Allegheny Trail.


• September 25, 2021
• Added the Cohos Trail.
• Fixed layer ordering on the Big Map. Previously, trails would be shown as "beneath" some roads and other features.


• June 20, 2021
• Added the Colorado Trail.


• June 18, 2021
• Pacific Crest Trail Dedicated Map: Improved accuracy of mileage values.


• May 5, 2021
• Various updates to improve URL parameter handling.


• May 3, 2021
• Dedicated Maps: All dedicated maps now offer the Topo 2D basemap, which loads more quickly than the other basemaps on low-bandwidth connections.
• Dedicated Maps: Clicking on a POI in the sidebar, or loading a POI from the url with "?name=", now opens the POI's info box after zooming.
• Pacific Crest Trail, Appalachian Trail, Arizona Trail Dedicated Maps: Updated 'Shareable Links' from http to https.


• Feb. 16, 2021
• Added Topo 2D basemap to Overview Map. Zoom in to view contour lines. The Topo 2D basemap offers improved load times and reduces bandwidth usage by up to 70% compared to the Terrain 3D basemap.
• Added url parameter for basemap. Sharing a view via url will now load the basemap of the original view.
• Clarified layer loading order to ensure trails always load beneath labels.
• Misc. bug fixes and improvements.


• Feb. 13, 2021
• Updated all maps to Mapbox GL JS v2.1.1


• Feb. 2, 2021
• Added 'bearing' and 'pitch' parameters to URL. This makes it possible to load the map to a specific, 3D view, and to share specific 3D views.
• Updated Satellite layer to show roads, boundaries, place names, etc.


• Jan. 29, 2021
• 3D Terrain and Satellite layers are now available on the Big Map and all Dedicated Maps.
• The wildfires layer has been temporarily disabled due to technical issues.


• Oct. 15, 2020
• Pacific Crest Trail Map: Clicking on the trail now shows the nobo and sobo mileage at the cursor. This feature will be added to other trails in the future.


• Oct. 4, 2020
• World Map: Added wildfires layer for US. Automatically updated every day from the US National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) at https://data-nifc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/wildfire-perimeters/geoservice.
• Site-wide: The "Topo" base layer is now called the "Terrain" base layer.
• All Terrain Maps: Updated styling to make national park land more prominent.


• Aug. 31, 2020
• Enabled TLS security ("https") for the entire site.


• Feb. 19, 2020
• All Topo Maps: Updated styling to make national park land more prominent.


• Feb. 16, 2020
• All Topo Maps: Contour line elevations are now in feet instead of meters. Adding the ability to switch back and forth is on the To Do list.


• Feb. 11, 2020
• All Topo Maps: Reordered hillshade layer so it isn't on top of roads and other non-terrain layers.
• Pacific Crest Trail: Blue blazes (side trails) are now blue, via the data driven styling feature of MapBox GL JS.


• Feb. 8, 2020
• Pacific Crest Trail: Updated appearance of public transportation layer.
• Pacific Crest Trail: Added "transit" parameter. Use http://www.longtrailsmap.net/pacific-crest-trail/map?transit=on to load with transit layer visible.


• Jan. 29, 2020
• All Topo Maps: Added raster DEM hillshade.
• Pacific Crest Trail: Added public transportation layer.


• Jan. 23, 2020
• Big update!
• Satellite maps.
• Click on any trail to display an info box with the trail's name and links.
• Every trail now has a link to its LongTrailsWiki article.
• Dedicated maps for every trail.
• Shareable links in info box.
• When there are multiple trails under the cursor, every trail is presented.
• Added current zoom level to lat/lon display.
• Moved buttons from map to sidebar to tidy up the view.
• Added 'Reset' button for search.
• Improvements for mobile users: The site is still better on desktop, but tapping on mobile now works better.
• Extensive refactoring of the code that runs the page, to facilitate continued addition of features.


• Dec. 10, 2019
• World Map: Restored Ozark Trail.


• Dec. 7, 2019
• World Map: Added Knobstone Trail.


• Nov. 30, 2019
• World Map: Added trail search and select.
• World Map: Added url updating.
• AT: Added dedicated Appalachian Trail page.
• AT, AZT, PCT: Added LNT message to waypoint submission dialog.


• Nov. 24, 2019
• Sitewide: LongTrailsMap is now on GitHub! (GPL3 license).


• Nov. 23, 2019
• Sitewide: 'What's New?' content is now shared across the site.
• Sitewide: Updated URL structure.
• Sitewide: Refactoring.


• Nov. 22, 2019
• PCT: Added marker clustering.
• PCT: Added shareable links to location popups.
• PCT: Restructured location database.


• Nov. 21, 2019
• AZT: Added marker clustering.
• AZT: Added shareable links to location popups.
• AZT: Restructured location database.


• Nov. 18, 2019
• PCT: All waypoints in the location database are now represented with markers on the map.
• PCT: Each waypoint on the map has a popup with a shareable link.
• PCT: Restructured the search db.


• Nov. 17, 2019
• AZT & PCT: Moving the map and/or clicking on a search result now automatically updates the url with a shareable address.


• Nov. 16, 2019
• AZT: Added more than 100 entries to location search database.
• AZT & PCT: Added 'LTM' button to go to longtrailsmap.net.
• PCT: Double click on the map and enter a description to suggest a new item to add to the location search database.


• Nov. 15, 2019
• LTM: The Arizona Trail page is live!
• LTM: Added the North Umpqua Trail
• AZT: The AZT map is live!


• Oct. 27, 2019
• LTM: Added E2 (Europe)


• Oct. 23, 2019
• LTM: Added Big Bend 100 (Texas)


• Sep. 15, 2019
• LTM: Fixed popup for Tuscarora Trail
• LTM: Fixed zoom level issue for Grand Italian Trail
• LTM: Removed max zoom restriction
• LTM: Added E1 trail (Europe)
• LTM: Added Mogollon Rim Trail (Arizona)
• LTM: Added South Dakota Centennial Trail (South Dakota)
• LTM: Added Bibbulmun Track (Australia)
• PCT: Popup trail descriptions now show the name of each spur, rather than the name of the PCT section to which each is attached.


• Sep. 14, 2019
• PCT: Added named locations for every half mile along the trail. For example, try http://www.longtrailsmap.net/pct?name=mile-767.


• Sep. 10, 2019
• PCT: Added collapsible sidebar
• PCT: Added waypoint search feature.


• Sep. 7, 2019
• PCT: Changed color of side trails from red to blue.


• Sep. 2, 2019
• PCT: Added Named Locations for all standard resupply locations
• PCT: Removed max zoom restriction on longtrailsmap.net


• Feb. 26, 2019
• LTM: Fixed mouseover bug for trails added in v1.11a.
• LTM: Simplified GPS data for the following trails to enable render at lower minimum zoom level:
• Appalachian Trail
• Drakensberg Grand Traverse
• LTM: Added the following trails:
• Grand Italian Trail
• Great Himalayan Trail
• Israel Trail
• King's Trail
• Maah Daah Hey
• Massachusetts Mid-State Trail
• North Country Trail
• Pennine Way
• Rota Vicentina
• Southwest Coast Path
• Susquehannock Trail System
• Te Araroa Trail
• Tokai Nature Trail
• Via Dinarica
• Wales Coast Path


• Feb. 21, 2019
• LTM: Added FAQ
• LTM: Enabled lower minimum zoom level.
• LTM: Added the following trails:
• GR10
• GR11
• Pyrenean High Route
• Bruce Trail
• Western Rim Trail
• Canol Trail
• Theodore Solomon Trail
• West Coast Trail of Vancouver
• LTM: Manually cleaned up the GPS data -- revised overlaps, deleted superfluous tracks, etc. -- for the following trails:
• Unnamed Utah Route
• Arizona Trail
• Baker Trail
• Condor Trail
• Desert Trail
• Florida Trail
• Grand Enchantment Trail
• Great Divide Trail
• Hayduke Trail
• Ice Age Trail
• Long Path
• Long Trail of Vermont
• Mountains to Sea Trail
• New England Trail
• Northern New Mexico Loop
• Palmetto Trail
• Pinhoti Trail
• Sky Islands Traverse


• Feb. 13, 2019
• LTM: Added "What's New" page
• LTM: Updated "About" page
• LTM: Added the following trails:
• Bay Circuit Trail
• Bigfoot Trail
• California Coastal Trail (section)
• Lowest to Highest
• Loyalsock Trail
• Northern New Mexico Loop
• PCT-DT Socal Connector Trail
• Sierra High Route
• Sky Islands Traverse
• Unnamed Route Across Utah


• Feb. 11, 2019
• LTM: Added the following trails
• Metolius-Windigo Trail
• Oregon Coast Trail
• Palmetto Trail
• PCT-ODT Connector Trail
• LTM: Fixed a bug where the Boundary Trail name popup didn't load.
• LTM: Corrected 'California Desert Trail' to 'Desert Trail' on 'About' page.


• Feb. 9, 2019
• LTM: Added the following trails:
• Bay Area Ridge Trail
• Border Route Trail
• Condor Trail
• Great Divide Trail
• Isle Royale Loop
• Mountains to Sea Trail
• Pennsylvia Mid-State Trail
• Tuscarora Trail
• Uinta Highline Trail


• Feb. 5, 2019
• LTM: Added list of the trails depicted on the map.
• LTM: Changed from one large layer including all trails to an individual layer (tileset) for each trail.
• LTM: Added trailname popup on mouseover.
• LTM: Added increase trail width on mouseover.
• LTM: Added 'About' page
• LTM: Added Disqus
• LTM: Added the following trails:
• Backbone Trail
• Baker Trail
• Bartram Trail
• Border Route Trail
• Foothills Trail
• Jordan Trail
• Lone Star Trail
• Long Path
• New England Trail
• North Country Trail
• Northville Placid Trail
• Ouachita Trail
• Pinhoti Trail
• Southeast Serpentine Trail
• Superior Hiking Trail


• Jan. 27, 2019
  • LTM: Added the following trails:
  • Appalachian Trail
  • Arizona Trail
  • Benton MacKaye Trail
  • Buckeye Trail
  • Continental Divide Trail
  • California Desert Trail
  • Florida Trail
  • Grand Enchantment Trail
  • Hayduke
  • Ice Age Trail
  • Idaho Centennial Trail
  • John Muir Trail
  • Oregon Desert Trail
  • Ozark Highland Trail
  • Ozark Trail
  • Pacific Crest Trail
  • Pacific Northwest Trail
  • Sheltowee Trace
  • Tahoe Rim Trail
  • Wonderland Trail