06/26/06 - Huge google imagery update. Indian Peaks, RMNP, Teton Pass and much more! Awesome for scouting and research. Thanks Google
05/18/06 - USGS and gisdata.usgs still down! System Administration 101 anyone?
05/15/06 - More USGS downtime! "Downtime: Posted: 5-11-06 The problems that the Seamless Server has been experiencing due to security patches issued by Microsoft two weeks ago have greatly affected our service. We have been working to correct that problem and are now testing the "patch to the patch" that Microsoft has issued to resolve the problems introduced in the last patch set. They seem to be working well, and Seamless is running with limited capacity. If our plans go well, Seamless will be back to normal next week." Wow, awesome service from another stellar government agency and sole provider of this data. Go figure.
05/09/06 - Dreamhost issues resolved again. It looks like changes were made to the Rails configuration without any notification or thought.
05/04/06 - USGS WMS data issues fixed. New layers added. Sorry for the slow updates, I've been snowboarding and doing the backcountry thing lately.
04/28/06 - Terraserver-usa.com is having issues. Topo and Aerial layers are effected. No ETA on recovery.
04/22/06 - USGS Server Downtime. "The system is currently experiencing an interruption of service. All Seamless servers and services will be unavailable until further notice. Unknown ETA on recovery."
04/22/06 - Although we can't guarantee 100% uptime from the various WMS data overlays, most come via government sanctioned projects and at the most experience slowness from time to time. For best results allow map time to load fully, we recommend turning your browsers status bar on and looking for the "Done" or "Completed" status.
04/20/06 - My Maps clean up, new features. Added 2 new Featured Maps with new data overlays. US Fire Detections & Danger Forecast & US Seismic & Volcanic Hazards. This information via NRL GIDB.
04/18/06 - My Maps users can now create markers and waypoints by clicking anywhere on the map. Created function to display My Maps on other web sites. You can now reference your My Map via an iframe and even set up custom map sizes. More to come..
04/17/06 - USGS Server Downtime. "..currently unavailable due to maintenance. We expect the system to be operational by 4:00 PM CST."
04/15/06 - New real time weather overlay, "Wx Ext" button at the top of the map. Wind direction, speed, nexrad, temps and other information via GIDB Portal and AccuWeather WMS. We reported an issue with the WMS server and overlay transparency -- Thanks to Lev and the DMAP team this is now fixed!
04/15/06 - My Maps module completed. Allows registered users to add up to 10 custom My Maps, each map can be public or private. Group collabration and trip planning soon. Contact Us if you are interested in becoming a beta test user.
04/13/06 - More Content Added. Utah Grand Gulch Trip planning map completed by Alex.
04/12/06 - USGS seamless data back online. Added Interstate Labels, Water Bodies and Water Body Names to base GIS data layer. Federal Lands and Federal Land Names added to Colorado Cave Map custom layer.
04/12/06 - Data Issue: seamless.usgs.gov -> tile troubles again. No ETA. New: Custom Map Layers stored in DB. See Colorado Caves with Federal Lands overlay. Our very own WMS (Web Map Server) and it's sick. Dev environment only. Layer: UT Avy Paths, AK Avy Paths and our own NEXRAD Base and Storm Precip Totals generated via GEMPACK. Updated every 5 minutes. http://gis.backcountrymaps.com
04/11/06 - New MODIS Overlay, LSAT7 Updated w/ Better Imagery. Streams, Labels, Counties, States, and Road GIS Data Overlays Updated.
04/10/06 - Featured Maps made more dynamic. Map Center Lat/Lon, Map Type, and Zoom level are now pulled from DB. Back end clean up. Google Maps API v2.45. About Us module updated.
04/08/06 - More featured maps completed. Colorado Glaciers, Colorado Lakes, and Snotel Station Maps: CO, UT, WY, AK, AZ, CA, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, WA, SD online.
04/06/06 - Content added. Colorado Prominent Peak Map completed. Alex is almost finished with Snotel Station maps for every state! Soon.
04/06/06 - More content added. Utah Avalanche Map launched! Visit the Utah Avalanche Center. UI updates and clean up. Check out Seth's east coast trip reports and markers!
04/05/06 - Very happy to announce we've hooked up with Backcountry.com and BackcountryOutlet.comHands down the two best sites for purchasing gear online! Plenty of good deals weekly and free shipping. Please check 'em out.
04/04/06 - Jef Poskanzer's Clusterer and Overlay scripts added. Top notch coding from Jef. More content added. Colorado Mtn Passes added to featured content.
04/04/06 - More content added. Trip Report content cleaned up. Marker legend added.
04/03/06 - Community Marker content cleaned up. Colorado Cave Map added to featured content. Via cavesr4all.com
04/02/06 - UI clean up. CSS clean up. IE display fixes. Google Adsense enabled. Please support us and our advertisers! Click Here or Contact Us for advertisement opportunities and site traffic matrix.
03/29/06 - Back up and running. Dreamhost decided it would be fun to upgrade to Rails 1.1 without letting users know. On top of that the upgrade is broken and not usable. Revert to Rails 1.0 Solution URL
03/20/06 - TinyMCE editor integrated into forms and textareas. WYSIWYG editor allows for faster content addition. More TRs/Markers added. GPS stuff soon.
03/18/06 - Live AJAX GPS data uploader & backend conversion completed. Send waypoints directly to maps from GPS database files. "GPS Maps" tab coming soon.
03/17/06 - USGS Server Downtime. "..you may encounter limited data layer availability from Friday March 17 4:00 pm CST through Monday March 20 1:00 pm CST due to unresolved maintenance issues."
03/17/06 - Featured on Biglines.com. Biglines.com is the web's premiere snow riding community. Thanks Nate, and be sure to check them out!
03/17/06 - USGS Server Downtime. Extended layers unavailable. "The system will be unavailable Friday March 17th from 6:30 am to 3:00pm CST for system maintenance."
03/16/06 - Version 0.4 released. Features: Live AJAX TR Search, Google Maps API v2, More data, More Overlays. Improved Add TR/Marker form. Code clean up/app security.
03/13/06 - Some pretty sweet backcountry hiking content added. Alex posted more content in AZ. Zoom in as far as possible. Wow! Havasu Falls
03/13/06 - Search tab completed, will be uploaded next release. Live search of trip report content using AJAX calls. More Web 2.0 goodness.
03/12/06 - Version 0.3 released. "My Profile" tab completed for users. Shows all user TRs and Markers and modify. More content added.
03/12/06 - Search tab framework completed.
03/10/06 - Featured on USA Today's TECH_SPACE Blog. Lots of additional traffic, Dreamhost server is working overtime. Angela, thanks for the kind words and interest!
03/10/06 - More back end work completed. Trip Report View template created. Check out the forums!
03/10/06 - New dynamic UI using CSS, still working out a few IE bugs - firefox works perfect. New tabs with nifty icons. Cleaned up a lot of code.
03/09/06 - Add Marker/Trip Report form updated.
03/08/06 - Add Marker/Trip Report from GeoCode'd location is now working, Lat/Lon are automatically passed to the Marker/TR form. MORE trip report content added. Check out the "Ext. Data" tab in the infowindow.
03/08/06 - Site running under FastCGI and Rails PROD mode. Users should notice a large performance increase.
03/07/06 - Trip Report framework built and mostly working. The "Ext. Data" tab in the infowindow builds a table of TR's associated with the current marker. Inside the table, a link will display the TR body.
03/07/06 - Featured on Google Maps Mania Blog resulting in lots of user traffic and comments! As of now, I've coded the entire site in my free time. Roughly 1 month. The UI sucks, its not dynamic, plenty of bugs, features missing, and even spelling errors. Why? Because a few people can't do it all. Please bare with us - we are not software developers.
03/06/06 - Default map type changed to G_HYBRID_TYPE, was TOPO. Terraserver-usa.com is having issues so TOPO and Aerial imagery is very slow. Investigate method to 'ping' terraserver and if slow, auto default to google hybrid.
03/05/06 - GeoLocate setup and working, registered users can click anywhere on the map other then an existing marker and get the lat, lon cords. community_map mode only -> auto to trip report form?
03/05/06 - CO Backcountry Vlog Map launched. View streaming videos inside the tabbed infowindows. Flash plugin required.
03/05/06 - CO Avalanche Fatality & CO Snotel Map content completed. Overlays added to map view in show controller.
03/05/06 - Lat/Lon GMap center form setup, allows for dynamic change of map.centerAndZoom(new GPoint) API call. UI clean up and fixes.
03/04/06 - Featured Maps updated and dynamically generated based on chosen map data. Some featured map data added, expect more in the coming days -- mostly Avalanche Data. IE and Firefox bugs worked out and site is viewable on most browsers.
03/03/06 - News section completed and updated.
03/02/06 - Featured Maps and My Maps framework completed.
03/02/06 - Dynamic map update code completed. Allows user to setup GmapCenter based on form input.
03/01/06 - Add Marker/Report section completed. Allows user to enter marker and trip report data, trip report is auto associated with new map marker.
02/20/06 - Nexrad Weather overlay setup and tested. Allows user to overlay current Nexrad weather over map way points. Kyle's Maps
02/01/06 - Allow for changing marker icons and marker icon colors.
01/20/06 - Complete alpha site code and build Ruby on Rails framework. Add WMS Overlays, read map markers from MySQL DB.
01/02/06 - Contact Us if you are interested in getting involved or would like a map designed for your site. We can pretty much do anything. Key technologies include: MySQL, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Perl, Apache FCGI, Google MAPS API, HTML, CSS, XML, AJAX, GIS, Linux and Web Map Server (WMS).