About BackcountryMaps.com::
BackcountryMaps.com was born after a late night conversation between two friends. JP had the idea to use Google Maps to map out the spots we've been in the backcountry and the spots we'd like to hit. Alex liked the idea and figured it would be pretty sweet and a useful tool. The next day JP started coding the proof of concept site to see if we could actually do what we wanted to do. After a few successful tests, JP started coding the live site now known as BackcountryMaps.com. The site allows registered users to add backcountry markers on the community map for the world to see. Every marker on the community map should have an associated trip report which can be viewed via the trip report side bar link or the second tab in the marker infowindow. In addition to storing markers and trip reports, you can use multiple data overlays on the map to give yourself a complete picture of any backcountry location. Map data overlays include Google Hybrid, USGS Aerial w/ Roads, USGS Topographical, Google Hybrid w/ Live NEXRAD, NASA Shuttle Relay Topograph Mission w/ Roads, and NASA LANDSAT7 w/ Roads. You can also use the site as a GeoCode location finder by clicking anywhere other then an existing marker, this will create a black marker with the current Lat/Lon in the infowindow and a link to create a trip report from these coordinates.Check out the Featured Maps tab for tons of pre-populated maps that we've created and think you'll find useful. Some of the highlights include, Utah Avalanche Map, Colorado Cave Map, Snotel Station Maps, and information about Mountain Peaks and Passes. Currently the plan is to open the site up to the public once the My Maps module is done, this will allow users to sign up and create their own maps with the choice of making them public, private or viewable by group. The top users with the best content will be offered the chance to post markers and trip reports to the community map for anyone to review. In the meantime, the site is very useful for research, scouting locations, and finding locations with all the data available. Expect more overlays in the future, and lots more weather information. There are many useful features that are open to everyone. JP has been the sole developer on the project thus far, Alex is gearing up as we speak and has completed his first project which was harvesting all Snotel Stations and creating maps of the stations based on state. Software we used to create backcountrymaps.com: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PHP, Javascript, Google Maps API, HTML, Perl, Apache, FastCGI, MySQL, Linux, Eclipse, WMS (Web Map Server), CSS, XML, ESRI and others. Contact Us for more information.
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