1. Likes & comments on logs
2. Save log as Draft
Use this option when you finish a hike and you’re not ready to upload your trip report/photos right then
3. Improved vertical gain live stat
See your estimated vertical gain update more quickly while tracking a climb.
What’s next
Top priority right now is improving our server performance. Hope to have news to share on that soon!
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Today we’re launching the next key feature for our iPhone app: save & follow any GPX track on the map. These “Ghost Tracks” can be tracks from other peakery members’ prior climbs or imported tracks from external sources. Ghost Tracks are hugely helpful for real-time navigation and routefinding, like breadcrumbs that don’t get eaten by birds.
Here’s how Ghost Tracks work on peakery:
- When see a log with a GPX track that you’d like to save for reference later, tap its map to see the fullscreen interactive map of the track. Then tap the heart icon in the top right to save it. It should color in red:
- If you want to import a GPX file from outside of peakery, tap the center circle+ tab in the tab bar and select “Import track for navigation”. Then select the GPX file located on your iPhone Files app.
- All your Saved tracks show up in the Saved tab (heart icon in the tab bar). Toggle visibility of each track on the map by either toggling the eye icon or simply tapping the map thumbnail.
- Ghost Tracks show up on the map in blue. When tracking a new climb in peakery, your current track will show up in red.
Disclaimer: Safety first!
Never blindly follow GPX tracks, they are not verified as current or correct. Many may contain errors or may have an important story behind them, so read any associated trip reports for more context. Example of track not to follow: “Went up the south ridge and found incredibly loose, chossy rock. Never doing that again, stay away!”. Ghost Tracks are just another tool among others to help in navigating & routefinding; use Ghost Tracks at your own risk. Above all, use your judgment!
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YESSSSS! The peakery iPhone app launches today after a long development journey with a lot of iteration incorporating feedback from beta testers. Thank you to all those peakery members that shared feedback along the way.
This first version of the iPhone app includes a robust base set of features designed to let you find the best mountains to hike anywhere in the world, track your mountain hikes, log your past peaks, and see the latest hikes from peakery’s worldwide community. Importantly, the app is fully synched with peakery.com on the web.
MUCH MORE IN-THE-WORKS
We hope you like the app so far. We have grand plans for the future of this app with a long roadmap planned, what you see is just the tip of the iceberg peak.
REQUEST FOR FEEDBACK!
Please send any feedback to feedback@peakery.com. With your help, we plan to keep making this better.
– the peakery team
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As you browse the Map, see photos and info about the most popular and highest peaks currently in view. Profoundly improves the exploration experience. Oh, and easily hide the column whenever you want to see more map.
2. 3D map
3D maps make a triumphant return to peakery, this time much bigger and better than ever. It goes without saying that a 3D view is ideally suited for visualizing mountainous terrain (sorry, guess we just said it).
Select the 3D Map option from this updated Map Layers control in the top center of the map:
3. Additional peak sliders (on the left)
In addition to the new peak toggles previously announced (Classics, In Challenge, You climbed, Has GPS track), we added 3 new peak sliders:
Length
Filter to peaks with routes of desired distance
Vertical gain
Filter to peaks with routes of desired vertical gain
Last climbed
See where peakery members have been climbing recently. Can be useful for trip planning and a great way to get a sense of what’s going on in a region.
4. Tons of new stuff on the map
We enriched the Map with several new pieces of info. Hit the new Eye button which is a map legend but also lets you toggle the visibility of many new items on the peakery map:
Your awards on the map
Your King of the Mountains, Summit Stewards, and First Ascents now appear right on the map. Strategize which peaks to tackle to amass clusters of awards, if that’s your cup of tea.
Classic peaks on the map
With new icons you can easily see the Classics at a glance while looking at all peaks in a region. Know of a Classic that’s missing? Let us know at feedback@peakery.com)
Peak Challenges on the map
Icons for Challenges are shown in the approximate center of all the peaks included in the challenge. A great new way to discover Challenges.
Photos on the map
Zoom in to see 1000s of geotagged photos from peakery members. Tap a photo icon to see it fullscreen in a gallery view and quickly swipe through all nearby photos.
5. New design + 3D maps for mobile web map
We redesigned the map on peakery.com’s mobile website to show more map and less nav clutter. We also made the buttons bigger and easier to tap.
And we’re excited to unveil 3D maps on your phone and tablet. On most newer phones, they actually run smoother than most laptops!
iPhone users: we recommend adding peakery to your homescreen to see the fullscreen version. Just tap the share icon at the bottom of the Safari browser and then tap ‘Add to Home Screen’
Android users: be sure to head to the Google Play store to get the official peakery Android app
What’s next for the Map
We plan to keep improving and extending these new map features. Also in-the-works are new tools to make it easier — and more fun — to help improve peakery’s mountain info.
So what do you think?
We hope you like the changes. If you do, please let us know. If not, also please let us know. Please share your feedback with us at feedback@peakery.com or on Twitter @peakery . Bug reports, feature requests, questions — please get in touch. We’ll try to be responsive.
— the peakery team
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You’re invited…
Peakery’s annual tradition of climbing mountains, PEAK MONTH, encourages you to climb as many peaks, mountains, and hills as you can from Aug 1 to Aug 31. Last year saw a record number of peaks climbed by a record number of people — let’s build on that momentum and make this year’s PEAK MONTH an even bigger celebration of the world’s mountains.
As if you needed an excuse to go get some fresh air in the mountains (with social distancing of course).
How can you participate in PEAK MONTH?
- Go climb as many peaks as you can anywhere in the world between Aug 1 and Aug 31, 2020.
- Then share your photos, GPS tracks, and trip reports on peakery.com or using our Android app.
We look forward to seeing your PEAK MONTH mountain adventures on peakery.Go high, have (type-I & type-II) fun, and be safe out there.
– the peakery team
p.s. We’re usually really lazy about giving out peakery schwag to PEAK MONTH participants but perhaps someone with a lot of experience in setting up online dropship merch stores will reach out to us (cry for help!).
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Your (mobile) mountain basecamp
The peakery Android app seamlessly integrates with the rest of peakery. As soon as you log in, all of your existing info will be there: your mountain stats, Peak Badges, Summit Logs, Peak Challenge progress, and photos. Also easily access the 100s of thousands of trip reports, photos, and mountain routes from the global peakery community.
GPS tracker builT for mountains
Use the app to record your mountain hikes and save them directly to peakery. The GPS tracker was designed specifically for climbing mountains with special features such as an always-onscreen current elevation and hold-and-press buttons to prevent accidental pausing. For multi-day climbs, you can keep the tracking paused while sleeping and resume the next day (external battery definitely recommended for this).
Just like on the peakery website, after saving a log in the app you can earn Peak Badges, awards, and automatically see your progress in any of 100s of Peak Challenges.
Powerful peak maps
Use detailed topo maps to discover the best peaks to climb out of over 600,000 peaks. Extensive filters such as length, vertical gain, popularity, elevation, and more help you quickly hone in on suitable objectives.
The app features all 6 of the excellent map layers found on the website, including the stunning Natural Atlas in the US and our customized Terrain view for the entire world. We tried to keep the map as uncluttered as possible for the best browsing experience.
Extensive peak filters
The new List view is a great way to get a quick sense of the mountains in an area. It’s a perfect complement to the map view — whatever peaks you see on the map are shown in a sortable, filterable list. Every peak in the list shows if it’s a Classic, if it’s included in Peak Challenges, and how many times you’ve climbed it. You can sort peaks by popularity, elevation, and distance away from a location. Paired with peakery’s extensive peak and trip database, it’s a comprehensive discovery tool.
See the latest climbs
Browse the worldwide community’s latest climbs in any region in the world and interact with other members with likes and comments. You can also download GPX routes to your phone to use in other apps if you choose.
Request for feedback!
We hope you like the app so far. Please send any feedback to feedback@peakery.com. With your help, we plan to keep making this better.
– the peakery team
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See peakery BIG
We optimized the site for screens up to 50% wider. We noticed that over 75% of total desktop/laptop visits come from wider screens and a lot of the screen was just empty background. Now peakery uses the extra screen width more efficiently, proudly.
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See photos BIG
We increased the resolution of every photo on peakery by 4x. See them at fullscreen size in the gallery. Also notice the much sharper detail in every photo on the site. It’s like getting Lazik.
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Classic peaks
We introduced the concept of Classic peaks. We’re still trying to work out exactly how to define a Classic peak, but if you explore around on the map you’ll hopefully intuit what we’re aiming for. Use the new ‘Classics’ toggle on the Map to see what we’ve deemed worthy so far. Are we missing a Classic? Suggestions welcome.
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Map improvements
- New toggles to filter peaks: Classics, Has GPX, You climbed, In Challenge
- Current location button
- Fullscreen map button
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Android app in beta
We’ve been testing a peakery Android app with a handful of peakery members and incorporating feedback. One major challenge has been ironing out the kinks in GPS tracking, the tentpole feature of the app. Happy to report we’ve made big progress with this (with a breakthrough this week!) but still working on it. We could definitely use more testers — if you’re interested in testing please let us know on this form (Android phone required with Android 8 or higher). Thanks for the help.
Hopefully you already have some mountain adventures planned for this month. If not, now’s the time to make some plans. With over 600,000 peaks on peakery, there’s guaranteed to be a good one for you. Need some inspiration? Take a look at the 100s of Peak Challenges waiting for you to tackle.
Here’s a recap highlighting some of the obstacles everyone encountered during last year’s PEAK MONTH.
How to participate in PEAK MONTH:
1. Go climb as many peaks as you can anywhere in the world between Aug 1 and Aug 31, 2019
2. Then share your photos, GPS tracks, and trip reports on peakery.com
We look forward to seeing your PEAK MONTH mountain adventures on peakery. Have fun and be safe out there.
– the peakery team
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